Citation

Le Guen M, Houissa H, Langeron O. Ann. Fr. Anesth. Reanim. 2013; 32(11): 792-795.

Vernacular Title

Hyperthermie maligne : des événements multiples menant à la crise.

Affiliation

Département d'anesthesie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, BP 36, 92151 Suresnes cedex, France. Electronic address: m.leguen@hopital-foch.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.annfar.2013.07.819

PMID

24135729

Abstract

This case-report focused on the occurrence of a crisis of malignant hyperthermia on a young biker (21 y.o.) victim of a severe traffic accident. This observation gives some key points: the delayed occurrence of the crisis after 4hours of surgery, the multi-factorial events that triggered the crisis; the choice to perform a quick diagnosis through gene analysis in comparison to the standard tests of caffeine on a muscular biopsy. These different points are discussed with a proposal of algorithm in the situation.

Language: fr