Fatal malignant hyperthermia associated with recreational cocaine and ethanol abuse.
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.
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D003042:Cocaine; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000209:etiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
D000431:Ethanol; D003042:Cocaine