Malignant Hyperthermia Following Systemic Rewarming After Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass
- 1 February 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Vol. 102 (2), 372-375
- https://doi.org/10.1213/01.ane.0000189596.70694.36
Abstract
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare hypermetabolic disorder of skeletal muscle that can be fatal if not recognized and treated aggressively. We describe a patient with a suspected family history of MH who developed hyperpyrexia, acidosis, and hypermetabolism after cardiac surgery despite a nontriggering anesthetic. No drugs were identified as being causative and we theorize that systemic rewarming was the inciting cause of MH in this MH-susceptible individual via a mechanism similar to heat stroke.Keywords
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