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Anesth Analg 1977; 56:366-372
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Hepatitis and Operating-Room Personnel

An Approach to Diagnosis and Management

J. S. NAULTY, MD*, J. G. REVES, MD{dagger}, RAYMOND E. TOBEY, CAPT, MC, USN{ddagger}, and W. W. SCHULTZ, ScD§

*Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesia, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. {dagger}Stafl Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesia, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. {ddagger}Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine. §Department of Microbiology, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.

Abstract

Hepatitis represents a common problem in operating room (OR) personnel. The differential diagnosis is usually narrowed to viral hepatitis versus halothane-associated hepatitis. While specific immunologic technics are available to diagnose viral hepatitis, halothane hepatitis cannot presently be unequivocally diagnosed with available clinical, biochemical, immunologic, or pathologic technics.

Suggestions for management of OR personnel with hepatitis can only be based on insufficient evidence at present. The authors have initiated a prospective study to help clarify this situation.






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