Pre-operative hepatitis in a woman treated with Chinese medicines
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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)

郭志德教授 (麻醉及深切治疗学系)

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数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03443.x

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摘要A 37-year-old Hong Kong Chinese female with cervical cancer was scheduled for radical hysterectomy and lymphadenectomy. Her past health was good. Pre-operatively, she was found to have a fatty liver, prolonged prothrombin time and abnormal liver function tests. Surgery was not postponed and she was anaesthetised uneventfully, using a general anaesthetic technique. The procedure lasted http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/4 h. Postoperatively, she developed a large pelvic haematoma and a wound infection. Her coagulation and liver function tests gradually returned to normal. No obvious medical cause for her liver dysfunction could be found. However, it emerged that she had received a 6-week course of traditional Chinese medicines prior to admission. The prescriptions contained over 60 different ingredients, some of which were known to be hepatotoxic, cytotoxic or to cause bleeding. This was the most likely explanation for her liver dysfunction.

着者Critchley LAH, Chen DQ, Chu TT, Fok BS, Yeung C
期刊名称Anaesthesia
出版年份2003
月份11
日期1
卷号58
期次11
出版社BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
页次1096 - 1100
国际标準期刊号0003-2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/409
电子国际标準期刊号1365-20http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/4http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/4
语言英式英语

关键词adverse reactions; anaesthesia; coagulation; hepatitis; traditional Chinese medicine
Web of Science 学科类别Anesthesiology; ANESTHESIOLOGY