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Xenon does not induce contracture in human malignant hyperthermia muscle.
British journal of anaesthesia - 1 Nov 2000
Baur C P, Klingler W, Jurkat-Rott K, Froeba G, Schoch E, Marx T, Georgieff M, Lehmann-Horn F
Abstract excerpt
Xenon has many characteristics of an ideal anaesthetic agent. It is not known whether xenon is a safe alternative to the potent inhalational anaesthetics in patients susceptible to malignant hyperthermia (MH). We investigated the effect of xenon, halothane and caffeine on muscle specimens of 31 individuals, referred to the MH Unit of the University of Ulm, and performed genetic epidemiology. Thirteen individuals...
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