title: [Malignant hyperthermia. The need for anesthesia in a patient manifesting this syndrome].
abstract: Successful treatment of malignant hyperthermia, following its prompt recognition in a young patient during general anaesthesia with halothane and succinylcholine, preceded the equally successful employment of ketamin, with no signs of enzyme alteration and circulatory stability, when the same subject had to be operated 20 days later.
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000188:drug therapy*
vernacular_title: Ipertermia maligna. Necessità di sottoporre a narcosi un paziente che già aveva manifestato la sindrome.