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Article Category: Case Report
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Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2019

Malignant Hyperthermia: A Case Study in the Dental Ambulatory Surgery Setting

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DMD,
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BDS, MS,,
DDS, MS, FACS,, and
DDS, MS
Page Range: 202 – 210
DOI: 10.2344/anpr-66-04-03
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Historically, patients who developed malignant hyperthermia had an extremely high rate of mortality. Today, if treated appropriately, patients who experience an episode of malignant hyperthermia will most likely survive. This dramatic decrease in mortality associated with malignant hyperthermia is due to several factors, including an increased understanding of the disease, improved diagnostic and monitoring equipment, and the development of lifesaving pharmacologic agents. This article presents the very likely case of acute malignant hyperthermia in a 24-year-old man with special needs, who presented for restorative dentistry under general anesthesia in the outpatient clinic of The Ohio State University's College of Dentistry.

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Copyright: © 2019 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
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Figure 1

(a) Calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. (b) Calcium uptake into the sarcoplasmic reticulum.


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Figure 2

(a) Relaxation. (b) Contraction.


Contributor Notes

Address correspondence to Dr Bryant W. Cornelius, Dental/Oral Maxillofacial Anesthesiology, The Ohio State University College of Dentistry, Street Address, Columbus, OH 00000; cornelius.126@osu.edu.
Received: Jan 26, 2019
Accepted: May 28, 2019