Article
The Israeli Diagnostic Center for Malignant Hyperthermia: 7-years' accumulated experience.
Israel journal of medical sciences - 1 Oct 1997
Glauber V, Ben Abraham R, Zweig A, Perel A
Abstract excerpt
Malignant hyperthermia (MH), a rare pharmacogenetic trait, can be lethal when susceptible individuals are exposed to triggering agents during general anesthesia. We present our experience with the caffeine-halothane in vitro contracture test (IVCT) for the diagnosis of malignant hyperthermia susc...
Topics
- Academies and Institutes
- Adult
- Aged
- Biopsy
- Caffeine
- Child
- Electromyography
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Halothane
- Humans
- Israel
- Male
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Middle Aged
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Patient Selection
