Immediate and long‐term effects of halothane anesthesia on equine platelet function

Kelly, Andrea; Steffey, Eugene; McNeal, D.; Willits, Neil H.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2885.1985.tb00958.x

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“…In horses, platelet aggregation is significantly diminished during the halothane-anesthetic period as well as up to 4 days after anesthesia. However, a period of hyperaggregability occurred at the 7th day (Kelly et al, 1985). These findings are somewhat parallel to our single exposure and the multiple exposures to halothane in the present study.…”

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In vivo interaction of pulmonary intravascular macrophages with activated platelets in microvessels of equine lung after multiple exposures to halothane, isoflurane, and thiamylal: A comparative ultrastructural and cytochemical study

Atwal

McDonell

2005

Anat. Rec.

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The pulmonary intravascular macrophages (PIMs) of equines contain a unique electron-dense surface coat that is predominantly composed of lipoproteins. A single exposure of inhalatory halothane causes mobilization of the surface coat into the endocytotic system of the PIMs, followed by expansion of the Golgi apparatus and its enrichment with acid phosphatase. Simultaneously, the cells of the lymphocytic series show hyperplasia in the form of mitotic changes inside the microvascular compartment of the lung. Halothane is known to cause acute and chronic hepatotoxicity because of its biotransformation into trifluoroacytelated polypeptides. The present study was designed to examine the comparative effects of reexposures of inhalatory doses of halothane, isoflurane, and the intravenous barbiturate thiamylal sodium in ponies to evoke a stronger response in the PIMs after four exposures at increasing intervals of 1, 2, and 6 weeks. Ultrastructural and cytochemical evidence is presented that halothane induced translocation of the surface coat into the vacuolar system of the PIMs, followed by expansion of the Golgi apparatus and its enrichment with acid phosphatase. The cell membrane was thrown into extraordinary lamellipodial extensions, which enabled the PIMs to interact with platelets within the narrow confines of the pulmonary capillaries. The relationship between PIMs and platelets developed into large platelet aggregates. Isoflurane and thiamylal sodium did not affect the circulating platelets, although the surface coat was translocated into the endolysosomes in both situations. Although isoflurane is a lipid-soluble inhalant anesthetic similar to halothane, it is subject to very little biotransformation after use and in the present model demonstrates no immune response.

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