SUXAMETHONIUM ASSOCIATED HYPERTONICITY AND CARDIAC ARREST IN UNSUSPECTED PSEUDOHYPERTROPHIC MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

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1 December 1982

journal article
case report
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 54 (12) , 1331-1332
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/54.12.1331

Abstract

We report a case that showed many of the features of the malignant hyperpyrexia syndrome following suxamethonium administration, in an unsuspected case of pseudohypertrophic (Duchenne) muscular dystrophy

Keywords

ASSOCIATED HYPERTONICITY
CARDIAC
MALIGNANT
SUXAMETHONIUM
ADMINISTRATION
ARREST
DUCHENNE
UNSUSPECTED
PSEUDOHYPERTROPHIC

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