malignant hyperthermia

Malignant hyperthermia seems to be more frequent in men than women and can strike at any age.

As the researchers gain experience with malignant hyperthermia, they have found that the temperature rise is usually a late development.

You have a medical history that suggests you had malignant hyperthermia before.

RyR1 mutations are associated with malignant hyperthermia and central core disease.

The metabolic meltdowns can result in malignant hyperthermia, or "hot death."

More than 25 different mutations in this gene are linked with malignant hyperthermia.

It is also known to cause malignant hyperthermia.

Although the name malignant hyperthermia implies that the condition is a cancer, it is not.

Studies indicate that each child born to a parent with malignant hyperthermia has an even chance of inheriting the condition.

The association has set up a telephone hot line, (209)634-4917, for doctors to get immediate advice about the emergency treatment of malignant hyperthermia.

Malignant hyperthermia is diagnosed on clinical grounds, but various investigations are generally performed.

New research indicates that malignant hyperthermia may underlie some symptoms previously thought to be related to a person's job.

You can have a test to help find out if you have an increased chance of malignant hyperthermia.

Scientists are also trying to learn whether malignant hyperthermia may be a factor in some cases of heat stroke and sudden infant death syndrome.

Other animal including certain pig breeds, dogs, and horses are susceptible to malignant hyperthermia.

Stress does not seem to set off malignant hyperthermia in people, but it does in pigs.

For the prevention and treatment of malignant hyperthermia, treatment lasts for several days.

Malignant hyperthermia is a rare complication of some types of general anesthesia.

Alternative general anesthetics, like nitrous oxide, are available for those susceptible to malignant hyperthermia.

Research has been aided by recognition of malignant hyperthermia among pigs, which can develop the condition without receiving a triggering drug.

A variety of mutations in that gene have been found in people with a similar malignant hyperthermia syndrome.

Malignant hyperthermia is a rare, inherited (genetic) disorder that is potentially fatal.

If untreated, malignant hyperthermia is usually fatal.

Such use of heat is sometimes called therapeutic hyperthermia, perhaps to distinguish it from malignant hyperthermia.

Treatment must be instituted rapidly on clinical suspicion of the onset of malignant hyperthermia.