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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Significantly raised alanine aminotransferase level following single dose of intravenous paracetamol in a healthy patient
Rashid M Khan, Sujit Nair, Adil Sulaiman Al-Kharusi, Haris Aziz, Naresh Kaul
Department of Anesthesia and ICU, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
Correspondence Address:
Naresh Kaul
Department of Anesthesia and ICU, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-5333.145949
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A 12-year-old ASA I female patient underwent correction of posterior scoliosis of dorsolumbar spine under total intravenous anesthesia using a combination of remifentanil and propofol. Induced hypotension was maintained between 55 and 65 mmHg. Intraoperatively, patient received a single injection of 1.0 g paracetamol. Surgery lasted 6 h and 40 min and was essentially uneventful. A follow-up investigation in the intensive care unit 6 h after the surgery revealed alanine transaminase levels of 547 I/U. This increased to 924 I/U on the 2 nd postoperative day after the patient received 500 mg per-rectal paracetamol. Stopping administration of paracetamol restored alanine transaminase level to normal without needing N-acetylcysteine. |
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