[Treatment of malignant hyperthermia with dantrolene].
1980
B Landauer
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
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
D003620
Dantrolene
Skeletal muscle relaxant that acts by interfering with excitation-contraction coupling in the muscle fiber. It is used in spasticity and other neuromuscular abnormalities. Although the mechanism of action is probably not central, dantrolene is usually grouped with the central muscle relaxants.
Dantrium,Dantrolene Sodium,Sodium, Dantrolene
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man