Anesthetics Not Only Trigger of Malignant Hyperthermia
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a potentially life-threatening inherited disorder of muscle. Patients who are at risk for MH usually have no outward signs of muscle problems. However, when exposed to certain commonly used general anesthetics they may develop very high body temperature, increased heart rate and muscle breakdown. If not recognized and treated promptly MH may be fatal.