Malignant hyperthermia associated with enflurane anesthesia.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1975
Abstract
Malignant hyperthermia is induced by potent inhalation anesthetics. Enflurane must be added to the list of those anesthetic agents (such as halothane and succinylcholine) that are associated with this condition. The patient in our study was a young woman with no history of prior exposure to general anesthetics, and no family history of complications following administration of anesthetics. The other possible causes of hyperthermia in the patient were investigated and eliminated, and the condition was finally associated with enflurane. Enflurane should not be used in patients with a family history of this rare but often lethal disorder.
Volume
110
Issue
12
First Page
1491
Last Page
1493
ISSN
0004-0010
Published In/Presented At
Caropreso, P. R., Gittleman, M. A., Reilly, D. J., & Patterson, L. T. (1975). Malignant hyperthermia associated with enflurane anesthesia. Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 110(12), 1491–1493. https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1975.01360180061013
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
1200833
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article