MASSIVE POSTOPERATIVE RHABDOMYOLYSIS AFTER UNEVENTFUL SURGERY - A CASE-REPORT OF SUBCLINICAL MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

Authors
HARWOOD TN NELSON TE
Citation
Tn. Harwood et Te. Nelson, MASSIVE POSTOPERATIVE RHABDOMYOLYSIS AFTER UNEVENTFUL SURGERY - A CASE-REPORT OF SUBCLINICAL MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA, Anesthesiology, 88(1), 1998, pp. 265-268
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anesthesiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00033022
Volume
88
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
265 - 268
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-3022(1998)88:1<265:MPRAUS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
MALIGNANT hyperthermia (MH) is generally thought of in its fulminant f orm, manifesting as severe hypercapnia, uncontrollable hyperthermia, a nd accompanied by hyperkalemia with cardiac dysrhythmias. We report a case of an adult surgical patient who developed severe postoperative r habdomyolysis without other symptoms and who was subsequently found by muscle biopsy to be MH susceptible.