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Screening for Malignant Hyperpyrexia |
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| Authors: | F Richard Ellis Niall P Keaney D G F Harriman D W Sumner K Kyei-Mensah J H Tyrrell J B Hargreaves R K Parikh P L Mulrooney |
| Abstract: | The methods used to screen patients for malignant hyperpyrexia at present are not sufficiently accurate. This paper reports more specific methods of detecting patients liable to develop malignant hyperpyrexia. A motor-point muscle biopsy is performed for histopathological examination and to detect muscle contracture in vitro after exposure to halothane and suxamethonium. |
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