TY - JOUR PY - 1986// TI - Fatal malignant hyperthermia associated with recreational cocaine and ethanol abuse JO - American journal of forensic medicine and pathology A1 - Loghmanee, F. A1 - Tobak, M. SP - 246 EP - 248 VL - 7 IS - 3 N2 - Malignant hyperthermia is an often lethal hypermetabolic crisis state precipitated by a variety of pharmacological and environmental triggers in genetically susceptible persons. The present report documents, by medical history and necropsy, a fatal malignant hyperthermic crisis in a 20-year-old man after an evening of recreational cocaine and ethanol abuse.
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