• J Med Assoc Ga · Sep 1996

    Review Case Reports

    Malignant hyperthermia in a 3-month-old infant: a case report.

    • G P Pennington and L Joeris.
    • J Med Assoc Ga. 1996 Sep 1; 85 (3): 162-3.

    AbstractFirst described in 1960, malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a relatively rare disorder of muscle metabolism triggered by specific anesthetic agents and presenting as a rapidly evolving intraoperative crisis. The syndrome is more prevalent among children (1/15,000 exposures to anesthesia) than adults (1/50,000 exposures), but has not been thought to occur in children younger than 1 year of age. This is a case report of a 3-month-old, 4.85 kg white male infant who developed MH while undergoing repair of a right inguinal hernia. The case is unique not only with respect to the age of the patient but also with the extremely elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) 13 hours postoperatively.

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