2013, Number S2
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Mediciego 2013; 19 (S2)
Malignant Hyperthermia. A case report
Ramos SO, González MM, Rojas GC, Borroto MY, Hernández CT
Language: Spanish
References: 12
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ABSTRACT
The case of a black patient, female, 2 years old with previous history of health is presented. She
came to emergency department of General Teaching Hospital of Moron "Roberto Rodriguez
Fernandez" for presenting an abscess in the right posterolateral side of the right thigh, the patient
was announced for incision and drainage. The patient arrived to the Surgery Room with deep
venous approach in the left femoral, conscious, tearful. She was moved to the Operating Room
and it was decided General Inhalation Anesthesia with halothane, previous monitoring of
cardiovascular function with DOCTUS VI, she fall slept with that halogen at 5% and 3l min of O
2,
once we reached to the hypnosis, it was reduced at 2% and kept to this percent, the surgery time
was 10 min, at the end of the surgery, the girl began with fasciculations and rigidity of the upper
and lower limbs in flexion, a sudden increase of body temperature, was kept the spontaneous
ventilation all the time, quickly it was proceed to make differential diagnosis and it was
diagnosed as Malignant Hyperthermia, Anesthetic Fever or Malignant Fever.
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