Acute fulminant hepatatis in kidney transplant recipient after repeated sevoflurane anesthesia--a case report and literature review

Masin-Spasovska, Jelka; Dimitrovski, Kocho; Stavridis, Sotir; Stankov, Oliver; Dohchev, Saso; Saidi, Skender; Jakjovski, Krume; Balkanov, Trajan; Labachevski, Nikola; Stankov, Viktor; Lekovski, Ljupcho; Spasovski, Goce

doi:10.2174/15748863113089990026

Acute fulminant hepatatis in kidney transplant recipient after repeated sevoflurane anesthesia--a case report and literature review

Journal

Current Drug Safety

Date Issued

2013-04

Author(s)

Masin-Spasovska, Jelka

Dohchev, Saso

Lekovski, Ljupcho

DOI

10.2174/15748863113089990026

Abstract

A liver dysfunction induced by halogenated volatile anaesthetics is considered as a significant diagnostic problem. The aim of our report was to describe the first case of lethal hepatic failure in a female patient undergoing kidney transplantation (KTx) from a living donor after repeated sevoflurane anaesthesia.