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Publications and source records attributed to O F Yacoub.
A 45-yr-old male with advanced Buerger's disease required surgical clipping of an intracerebral aneurysm. This case report emphasizes considerations of arterial pressure monitoring in a patient with advanced Buerger's Disease requiring a major surgical intervention.
The malignant hyperthermia syndrome is a rare hypermetabolic state that occurs in patients after the administration of certain drugs, most frequently anesthetics and/or succinylcholine. In view of the widespread use of succinylcholine to induce muscle relaxation prior to ECT, it is important that the individual who administers succinylcholine in this setting be familiar with the syndrome and its treatment. This report reviews what is known about malignant hyperthermia and proposes a course of action when the syndrome occurs in a patient undergoing ECT or a patient with known susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia needs ECT.
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