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Suspected malignant hyperthermia during isoflurane anesthesia--a case report
Y C Liao1, J J Wang, C C Chien
1Department of Anesthesiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica
|November 10, 1998
Abstract:
We present a patient with thyroid cancer, who developed respiratory acidosis, tachycardia and hyperthermia during isoflurane anesthesia. Malignant hyperthermia was suspected on the basis of clinical manifestation and laboratory finding. With early diagnosis and treatment the patient survived the episode.