An unusual presentation of postoperative malignant hyperthermia

An anesthesiologist may have only one odd occasional encounter with malignant hyperthermia throughout his or her clinical career, but it is always a reminder of our professional inadequacies, may it be clinical management, or availability of essential drugs or equipment. Malignant hyperthermia strikes when one least expects, as it happened in a child in postop recovery in a cleft camp. Quick decision and ready availability of dantrolene controlled the syndrome. Key words: Malignant hyperthermia; Intraoperative Complications; Dantrolene; Body Temperature; Postoperative Complications; Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; RyR1 Citation: Lodhi HS, Rafique Z. An unusual presentation of postoperative malignant hyperthermia. Anaesth Pain & Intensive Care 2016; 20(2):230-232 Received: 28 April 2016; Reviewed: 24 May 2016; Corrected: 02 June 2016; Accepted: 13 June 2016