MH
A 23yo male is noted to have significant tachycardia, hypercapnea, and elevated temperature at the end of an appendectomy. Initially it is thought that the temperature is from his disease, the tachycardia is from neostigmine, but all numbers seem "out of whack", and he is brought to the PACU with a diagnosis of MH.
- Assuming the patient is still intubated, what is your management plan?
- What do you tell this patient's family when they ask about their own risk of developing MH?
- Should the family members
all be tested?
References: (note, all residents should have access to Anesthesiology articles online if they receive the journal. Many other journals are available with a USF account through MD Consult...just access it from the departmental home page)
- Clinical Update, Managing
MH: Online
Resource