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To challenge you regarding MH management for patient safety, a "brain teaser" - an actual MH Hotline case - will be posted each month with multiple-choice questions.
We hope to provide valuable education for facilitating patient safety in the OR.
The correct answers and a narrative
will be posted on the first of the following month
along with the new Case of the Month.
Contact Gloria at MHAUS dot org for concerns, questions or to provide feedback in any way. Thanks!
**February 2012 Case of the Month**
Topic
Date / Answers
Dystonic Reaction to Ondansetron 01/12 answers MH in ICU 12/11 answers Rhabdomyolysis in a healthy male 11/11 answers Post-myelogram myoclonus+seizures, fever, acidosis, rhabdomyolysis "ascending tonic-clonic syndrome" 10/11 answers Delayed Onset of Postoperative Fever 09/11 answers Pediatric Dental Abscess 08/11 answers Masseter + Generalized Muscle Rigidity 07/11 answers D&C for Incomplete Spontaneous Abortion 06/11 answers Obesity and MH 05/11 answers Pediatric Dental Abscess 04/11 answers When Complex History Muddies the Diagnosis! 03/11 answers Hypercarbia during Knee Arthroscopy 02/11 answers Hypercarbia during Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery 01/11 answers MMR 12/10 answers Hyperthermia + Hypercarbia During Ankle Surgery 11/10 answers Cocaine Toxicity and MH 10/10 answers Outpatient Surgery for an MHS
09/10 answers Red Herrings and Red Urine: Is it MH or not? If not, why not 08/10 answers Post-op MH 07/10 answers High Temperature in Pediatric Cardiac Patient 06/10 answers Fever after open heart surgery in a patient with a history of Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
05/10 answers Rising Ventilatory Need During Anesthesia: Is this MH? 04/10 answers Should this child be treated as MH susceptible? 03/10 answers Chronic elevated CPK 02/10 answers Two year old white female with a form of dwarfism 01/10 answers Biopsy to determine susceptibility to Malignant Hyperthermia 12/09 answers Hyperthermia and hemodynamic instability 5 hours after anesthesia 11/09 answers Acute MH in a child in a dental office 10/09 answers An MH history Challenge 07/09 answers A Toddler with Undiagnosed Muscle Disease Presenting for Head MRI 06/09 answers Facelift and Rhinoplasy Procedure under General Anesthesia 05/09 answers Cardiac arrest during emergence followed by refractory hypoxemia, hypercarbia, hypotension, and rhabodomyolysis 04/09 answers Fever and Rigidity not Responding to Dantrolene 03/09 answers A 63 Year-Old with Small Bowel Obstruction 02/09 answers Hyperkalemia and Rhabdomyolysis in a 10 month old infant during cleft palate repair 01/09 answers Scoliosis Surgery without Triggering Agent 12/08 answers Eleveted Temperature Following Masseter Spasm 11/08 answers Fever Hours after Administering Succinycholine 10/08 answers Scleroderma or MH 09/08 answers Did The Outpatient have MH
08/08 answers
Hypermetabolism and Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery
07/08 answers
High Temperature and rigidity, is it MH
06/08 answers
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
05/08 answers
Thryroid Surgery for Tumor
04/08 answers
Ruling out MH May not be an Easy Process
03/08 answers
Molecular Genetic Testing to Diagnose Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility
02/08 answers
Prostoperative Recurrent Fever, Hallucinations, and Agitation in a Child with Spastic Quadriplegia
01/08 answers
Total Muscle rigidity, an important Sign of MH
12/07 answers
Urgent Coronary Artery bypass Grafting: To proceed or Not?
11/07 answers
Surgery for a Parotidectomy
10/07 answers
The parturient with a suspected MH Susceptible husband
09/07 answers
Hypercarbia Under Anesthesia in a MHS Patient
08/07 answers
Hypercarbia Following Induction of General Anesthesia
07/07 answers
Total body rigidity complicating general anesthesia
06/07 answers
Generalized rigidity
05/07 answers
Family history of exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis
04/07 answers
Increased TECO2
03/07 answers
Is this MH or do common things occur commonly?
01/07 answers
A pulmonary problem that mimics MH
12/06 answers
Acute postoperative rhabdomyolysis in a child
11/06 answers
Postoperative rhabdomyolysis
10/06 answers
Laparoscopy: hypercarbia, subcutaneous emphysema
09/06 answers
Pediatric arthrogryposis: intraoperative difficulty ventilating, hyperthermia
08/06 answers
Pediatric tonsillectomy: postoperative tachycardia, hypercarbia, fever
07/06 answers
Knee arthroscopy: hypertension, tachycardia, pulmonary edema; pheochromocytoma
06/06 answers
Lithotripsy: postoperative fever, shivering, DIC
05/06 answers
Outpatient knee arthroscopy: tachycardia, hypercarbia; treatment MH crisis
04/06 answers
Pediatric circumcision: postop fever, tachycardia, lethargy
03/06 answers
Appendectomy: fever, tachycardia, hypertension
02/06 answers
Thyroidectomy: postop agitation & rigidity; serotonin syndrome
01/06 answers
