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Abstract
Rapid and excessive rise of temperature accompanied by muscular rigidity following general anesthesia.
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8 entry terms
- Anesthesia Related Hyperthermia
- Hyperpyrexia, Malignant
- Hyperthermia of Anesthesia
- Hyperthermia, Malignant
- Malignant Hyperpyrexia
- Anesthesia Hyperthermia
- Hyperthermia, Anesthesia Related
- Malignant Hyperpyrexias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Anesthesia, General (1966-1972)
- Fever (1966-1972)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Malignant Hyperthermia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008305. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008305
- Malignant Hyperthermia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_hyperthermia
- Malignant Hyperthermia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1585081