PERIOPERATIVE SEVERE RHABDOMYOLYSIS REVEALING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

Authors
FIEROBE L NIVOCHE Y MANTZ J ELALAOUI Y VEBER B DESMONTS JM
Citation
L. Fierobe et al., PERIOPERATIVE SEVERE RHABDOMYOLYSIS REVEALING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA, Anesthesiology, 88(1), 1998, pp. 263-265
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anesthesiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033022
Volume
88
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
263 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3022(1998)88:1<263:PSRRST>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
SEVERE rhabdomyolysis can lead to life-threatening complications.(1,2) Here, we report the case of a patient aged 26 yr who developed an ext remely severe perioperative rhabdomyolysis followed by an uneventful r ecovery. Subsequent evaluation revealed positive caffeine and halothan e contracture tests, suggesting that this event may have been an unusu al manifestation of malignant hyperthermia (MH).