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Fatal postoperative malignant hyperthermia following rhinoplasty in a patient with one variant of the ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1) gene.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Nov 2021
Wang Jia-Wen, Qu Dong, Li Man, Xia Bing, Wan Chang-Wu, Wang Jie, Wang Yuan-He
Abstract excerpt
Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is characterized by a rapid rise in body temperature after using inhalational anesthetics and depolarizing muscle relaxants. A 19-year-old female had a rapidly developing fever up to 43.0 °C, after rhinoplasty surgery. Inhalational anesthetics and depolarizing muscle relaxants were used in general anesthesia. It was suspected that the patient died of MH. The medico-legal autopsy...
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