{"title":"MH-associated diseases: who really needs a non-triggering technique?","authors":"Ronald S. Litman DO, FAAP","doi":"10.1053/j.sane.2007.06.007","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><span>Malignant hyperthermia<span><span> (MH) is a pharmacogenetic clinical syndrome that occurs </span>in patients with preexisting abnormal </span></span>skeletal muscle<span><span>. It manifests clinically as a hypermetabolic crisis when a MH-susceptible individual is exposed to an inhalational anesthetic or a depolarizing </span>muscle relaxant (ie, succinylcholine).</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":82686,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in anesthesia","volume":"26 3","pages":"Pages 113-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1053/j.sane.2007.06.007","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Seminars in anesthesia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277032607000360","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a pharmacogenetic clinical syndrome that occurs in patients with preexisting abnormal skeletal muscle. It manifests clinically as a hypermetabolic crisis when a MH-susceptible individual is exposed to an inhalational anesthetic or a depolarizing muscle relaxant (ie, succinylcholine).