Salicylate toxicity masquerading as malignant hyperthermia

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 421-423

  Candy, J M ^a   Morrison, C ^b   Paton, R D ^b   Logan, R W ^b   Lawson, R ^b  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ichthyosis; Malignant hyperpyrexia; Topical salicylate toxicity

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DANTROLENE; NEOSTIGMINE; SALICYLIC ACID; SUXAMETHONIUM; VECURONIUM;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOLING; DRUG OVERDOSE; FATIGUE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTIGO;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SALICYLATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031904524     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1998.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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