Postoperative Malignant Hyperthermia- A Medical Emergency: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Published: April 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/20531.9493
Amit kumar Sinha, Poonam Kumari, Maheshkumar Manilal Vaghela, Chandni Sinha, Bindey Kumar
1. Senior Resident, Department of Pediatric Surgery, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Anesthesiology, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Pediatric Surgery, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India.
5. Professor and Head, Department of Pediatric Surgery, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Amit Kumar Sinha,
Department of Paediatric Surgery, AIIMS, Phulwarisarif, Patna, Bihar, India.
E-mail: dr_amits@yahoo.com
Malignant hyperthermia is a rare life threatening pharmacological disorder. Preoperative clinical diagnosis is not possible. Due to its rarity and severity, it must be taken as an important differential diagnosis for postoperative hyperthermia. We hereby report a case of postoperative malignant hyperthermia in a four-year-old female child, who was operated for type 1 choledochal cyst and had difficult postoperative sequel. We lost that child due to unavailability of Dantrolene sodium in emergency drug cart.
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