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Malignant Hyperthermia
MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA (MH) is a pharmacogenetic disease of skeletal muscle that may precipitate a potentially fatal sequence of metabolic responses in the presence of triggering anesthetics. The primary triggers for MH—inhalational anesthetics and succinylcholine—induce an uncontrollable release of intramyoplasmic calcium…