Hyperpyrexia during anaesthesia.
Work in pigs has shown that malignant hyperpyrexia during anaesthesia may occur without suxamethonium having been given. A virtually constant feature in reported cases and in our own observations is that all subjects developing hyperpyrexia had received nitrous oxide and halothane.
D000138:Acidosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000818:Animals; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006221:Halothane / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013035:Spasm / Q000139:chemically induced; D013552:Swine
D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D006221:Halothane