SALICYLATE TOXICITY MASQUERADING AS MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA

Authors
CANDY JM MORRISON C PATON RD LOGAN RW LAWSON R
Citation
Jm. Candy et al., SALICYLATE TOXICITY MASQUERADING AS MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA, Paediatric anaesthesia, 8(5), 1998, pp. 421-423
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology,Pediatrics
Journal title
Paediatric anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
11555645
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
421 - 423
Database
ISI
SICI code
1155-5645(1998)8:5<421:STMAMH>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We report a case of hyperpyrexia presumed due to topical salicylate to xicity occurring immediately following general anaesthesia for appendi cectomy in an eleven year old boy. Some of the features strongly sugge sted the diagnosis of malignant hyperpyrexia.