Increased Hepatic Microsomal Enzyme Activity after Surgery under Halothane or Spinal Anesthesia
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Anesthesiology
- Vol. 62 (1), 11-16
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-198501000-00003
Abstract
Thirty-two fit patients scheduled for explorative arthrotomy of the knee were allocated randomly to either halothane/O2 anesthesia or spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine 0.25 mg/kg. The day before and 1, 10 and 21 days after surgery, the aminopyrine breath test (ABT) was performed. The day before and 5, 10 and 21 days after surgery, the antipyrine clearance (APcl) was measured by the single sample saliva technique. The ABT as well as the APcl were increased significantly postoperatively (P < 0.01). The day after surgery the ABT was increased by 13 .+-. 21% in the spinal anesthesia group only, whereas a late increase by 14 .+-. 31% was found in the halothane group. Five days after surgery, the APcl was increased by 36 .+-. 45% in the spinal anesthesia group and by 21 .+-. 28% in the halothane group. Both tests returned to base line values within 3 wk, postoperatively. In 5 volunteers following the same sampling scheme but receiving bupivacaine 0.25 mg/kg i.m. without surgery, no change in the ABT or the APcl was observed. Surgery may cause microsomal enzyme induction regardless of the anesthetic agent or technique used. The mechanism of this induction remains to be elucidated.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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