MALIGNANT HYPERPYREXIA: Investigation of a family after a fatal case
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- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 47 (9) , 1001-1004
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/47.9.1001
Abstract
The relatives of a patient who died from malignant hyperpyrexia were examined clinically and biochemically. One of the deceased's children, an identical twin, undergoing an anaesthetic, was found to develop malignant hyperpyrexia on exposure to nitrous oxide. The creatine phosphokinase concentrations in this family were unhelpful as a method of identifying susceptible individuals.Keywords
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