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Malignant Hyperthermia

What are the causes?

The condition is thought to be due to a loss of the normal control of calcium homeostasis in skeletal muscle when exposed to these agents. This results in marked metabolic stimulation which in turn produces the clinical signs of an MH reaction, one of which is a rapid rise in temperature, hence its name.

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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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