Malignant hyperthermia in an adult trauma patient

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 883-885

  Elster, Eric A ^a,b   Harrison, John ^a   Stasiewicz, Susan D ^c   Wang, Dennis ^c   Golocovsky, Mario ^b,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DANTROLENE; DESFLURANE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LACERATION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MUSCLE BIOPSY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; STAB WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL INJURY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAT STROKE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0036782655     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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