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Malignant Hyperthermia

Background

When first identified Malignant Hyperthermia (MH) was known as malignant hyperpyrexia. First described in Australia, MH is an inherited condition in which susceptible patients can develop a potentially fatal reaction to certain anaesthetic agents.

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Medical text written October 2000 by Dr J Halsall. Last updated May 2004 by Dr J Halsall, Honorary Research Fellow (Anaesthetics) and Associate Specialist in Anaesthesia, MH Investigation Unit, Clinical Sciences Building, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.

 

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