SUXAMETHONIUM-INDUCED CARDIAC ARREST IN UNSUSPECTED PSEUDOHYPERTROPHIC MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

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1 October 1971

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 43 (10) , 984-986
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/43.10.984

Abstract

Cardiac arrest occurred in an apparently healthy boy during anaesthesia. He was resuscitated but some time later was found to be suffering from the pseudohypertrophic (Duchenne) form of muscular dystrophy. The possible causes of circulatory collapse in this patient are considered and it is suggested that suxamethonium-induced hyperkalaemia would be a likely explanation.

Keywords

CARDIAC ARREST
MUSCULAR
CIRCULATORY
DYSTROPHY
LATER
SUXAMETHONIUM INDUCED
PSEUDOHYPERTROPHIC

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