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Malignant hyperthermia. 2004

Khawaja Kamal Nasir, and Ayaz-bin Zafar, and Faraz Mansoor, and Sadia Mushtaq, and Jawad Ahmad, and Imran Muhammad Khan
Department of Anaesthesia, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad.

Malignant hyperthermia refers to covert myopathies, which do not affect the individual during daily life activities, but may lead to life-threatening tachycardia, rigor, labile blood pressure and most importantly high-grade temperature when exposed to general anaesthesia. This conditions is mimicked by thyroid storm, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, phaeochromocytoma and sepsis. We present a presumptive case of malignant hyperthermia.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008305 Malignant Hyperthermia Rapid and excessive rise of temperature accompanied by muscular rigidity following general anesthesia. Hyperpyrexia, Malignant,Hyperthermia, Malignant,Malignant Hyperpyrexia,Anesthesia Related Hyperthermia,Hyperthermia of Anesthesia,Anesthesia Hyperthermia,Hyperthermia, Anesthesia Related,Malignant Hyperpyrexias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000768 Anesthesia, General Procedure in which patients are induced into an unconscious state through use of various medications so that they do not feel pain during surgery. Anesthesias, General,General Anesthesia,General Anesthesias
D017809 Fatal Outcome Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept. Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal

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