Desflurane-induced acute  liver failure

Chin, Marcus W; Njoku, Dolores B; MacQuillan, Gerard; Cheng, Wendy S; Kontorinis, Nickolas

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To the Editor: It has been well established that traditional inhalational anaesthetic agents can cause mild and sometimes fulminant liver failure.1 However, while newer inhalational agents are a theoretical cause of hepatotoxicity, such cases have rarely been reported.2,3

Marcus W Chin¹
Dolores B Njoku²
Gerard MacQuillan³
Wendy S Cheng¹
Nickolas Kontorinis¹

1 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
2 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, USA.
3 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, WA.

Correspondence: marcus.chin@health.wa.gov.au

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Desflurane-induced acute liver failure

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