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Hyperammonemia induced in rats by inhalation anesthesia with ether

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Transient hyperammonemia was observed in rats after inhalation anesthesia with ether. The elevation of blood ammonia concentration induced by ether anesthesia was greatest in carbon tetrachloride injured and indomethacin-treated rats, but not observed in phenobarbital-treated rats. The results suggest interaction between ether metabolism and ammonia metabolism in the liver.

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  1. Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, 930-01, Toyama, Japan

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Watanabe, A., Kuwabara, Y. Hyperammonemia induced in rats by inhalation anesthesia with ether. Res. Exp. Med. 194, 157–164 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02576376

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