• Anesthesia and analgesia · Oct 2000

    Case Reports

    An unusual case of malignant hyperthermia during desflurane anesthesia in an African-American patient.

    • J E Lane, A G Brooks, M S Logan, W H Newman, and M R Castresana.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Mercer University School of Medicine, The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia 31201, USA.
    • Anesth. Analg. 2000 Oct 1; 91 (4): 10321032-4, table of contents.

    AbstractMalignant hyperthermia is an uncommon, heritable condition triggered by anesthesia and is followed by an increase in temperature that may be fatal without prompt treatment. It is rare with desflurane and in black individuals of African descent. We present a case of malignant hyperthermia in an African-American patient during desflurane anesthesia.

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