Malignant hyperthermia of anesthesia

MONDO:0018493

A pharmacogenetic disorder of skeletal muscle that presents as a hypermetabolic response to potent volatile anesthetic gasses such as halothane, sevoflurane, desflurane and the depolarizing muscle relaxant succinylcholine, and rarely, to stresses such as vigorous exercise and heat.

Also known as: anaesthesia related hyperthermia, hyperthermia of anaesthesia, hyperthermia of anesthesia, malignant hyperpyrexia, malignant hyperpyrexia due to anaesthesia, malignant hyperthermia, malignant hyperthermia of anesthesia, malignant hyperthermia syndrome

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