malignant hyperthermia
Sign in to saveAlso known as anesthesia related hyperthermia, malignant hyperpyrexia due to anesthesia, Hyperthermia of anesthesia, Malignant Hyperthermia Syndrome, Malignant Hyperpyrexia, MH
genetic disease that is characterized by a drastic and uncontrolled increase in skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism, which overwhelms the body's capacity to supply oxygen, remove carbon dioxide, and regulate body temperature
Research
7,319 papers- Malignant hyperthermia 2020: Guideline from the Association of Anaesthetists.Anaesthesia · 2021
- Pathophysiology and Treatment of Malignant Hyperthermia.Advanced emergency nursing journal · 2021
- Malignant hyperthermia.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · 1997
- Malignant Hyperthermia: A Review.Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · 2018
- Malignant hyperthermia.Survey of ophthalmology · 1983
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- PBB Protein RYR1 image.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- symptoms and signs
- acidosis
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C84869
- health specialty
- neurology
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- dantrolene
- exact match
- www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_423
- ICD-9-CM
- 995.86
- genetic association
- RYR1
- prevalence
- 0.000333333
- has cause
- succinylcholine
- possible treatment
- dantrolene
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
via Wikidata · CC0