malignant hyperthermia

This potentially fatal response, called malignant hyperthermia, produces a very rapid rise in body temperature, oxygen utilization, and carbon dioxide production.

…are rare individuals who suffer malignant hyperthermia, a potentially lethal attack of muscle rigidity and hyperthermia, when exposed to anesthetic agents such as halothane and muscle relaxants such as succinylcholine. During or after induction of the anesthesia, the patient develops rigidity and an increase in central body temperature. Death may…

Malignant hyperthermia is a metabolic muscle disease characterized by high fever and extreme rigidity of muscles, usually caused by certain anesthetics or muscle-relaxant medications given during surgery. Rapid cooling of the patient, correction of the accumulation of lactic acid in the blood (the result of…