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Enflurane (Enflurane) - Side Effects and Adverse Reactions

 
 



ADVERSE REACTIONS


1. Malignant hyperthermia (see WARNINGS).
2. Motor activity exemplified by movements of various muscle groups and/or seizures may be encountered with deep levels of enflurane anesthesia, or light levels with hypocapnia
3. Hypotension, respiratory depression and hypoxia have been reported.
4. Arrhythmias, shivering, nausea and vomiting have been reported.
5. Elevation of the white blood count has been observed
6. Mild, moderate and severe liver injury, including hepatic failure, may rarely follow anesthesia with enflurane
Serum transaminases may be increased and histologic evidence of injury may be found. The histologic changes are neither unique nor consistent. In several of these cases, it has not been possible to exclude enflurane as the cause or as a contributing cause to liver injury. The incidence of unexplained
hepatotoxicity following the administration of enflurane is unknown, but it appears to be rare and not dose related. Enflurane has also been associated with perioperative hyperkalemia (see WARNINGS). There have been rare post-marketing reports of hepatic failure and hepatic necrosis associated with the use of potent volatile anesthetic agents, includingEnflurane. Due to the spontaneous nature of these reports, the actual incidence and  relationship of Enflurane to these events cannot be established with certainty

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