Open AccessPostoperative Malignant Hyperthermia- A Medical Emergency: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Author(s) -
Amit Sinha,
Poonam Kumari,
Maheshkumar Manilal Vaghela,
Chandni Sinha,
Bindey Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/20531.9493
Subject(s) - medicine , malignant hyperthermia , hyperthermia , dantrolene , dantrolene sodium , emergency department , differential diagnosis , anesthesia , surgery , pathology , psychiatry , calcium
Malignant hyperthermia is a rare life threatening pharmacological disorder. Preoperative clinical diagnosis is not possible. Due to its rarity and severity, it must be taken as an important differential diagnosis for postoperative hyperthermia. We hereby report a case of postoperative malignant hyperthermia in a four-year-old female child, who was operated for type 1 choledochal cyst and had difficult postoperative sequel. We lost that child due to unavailability of Dantrolene sodium in emergency drug cart.