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MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA AND THE CONSCIOUS PATIENT
Author(s) -
Kemp Donald R.,
Choong Lee Son
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb01092.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignant hyperthermia , dantrolene , hyperthermia , dantrolene sodium , acute appendicitis , anesthesia , general surgery , surgery , calcium
A 53 year old obese male presented with the signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis and a family history suggesting the possibility of a malignant hyperthermia trait. In spite of spinal anaesthesia the patient developed malignant hyperthermia during the appendicectomy and the attack was successfully aborted with the early use of dantrolene sodium (Dantrium, Norwich Eaton).