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Anesth Analg 2000;91:1032-1034
© 2000 International Anesthesia Research Society

CASE REPORTS

An Unusual Case of Malignant Hyperthermia During Desflurane Anesthesia in an African-American Patient

Joshua E. Lane, MD, Alrick G. Brooks, MD, MBA, Mary S. Logan, MD, Walter H. Newman, PhD, and Manuel R. Castresana, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, Mercer University School of Medicine, The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Georgia

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Joshua E. Lane, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Mercer University School of Medicine, The Medical Center of Central Georgia, 840 Pine St., Suite 770, Macon, GA 31201.

Implications: Malignant hyperthermia is an uncommon, heritable condition triggered by anesthesia and is followed by an increase in temperature that may be fatal without prompt treatment. It is rare with desflurane and in black individuals of African descent. We present a case of malignant hyperthermia in an African-American patient during desflurane anesthesia.




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