TYK124
Which of the following conditions is associated with malignant hyperthermia?
a) Mitochondrial myopathy
b) Myotonic dystrophy
c) Evans myopathy
d) Osteogenesis imperfecta
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Answer
Answer c.
Patients with Evans myopathy have an increased risk of malignant hyperthermia. In patients with osteogenesis imperfecta the increase in temperature noted during anesthesia is not related to MH. Patients with mitochondrial myopathy and myotonic dystrophy have no increased risk of MH over the general population.
Notes
- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.
- Also see MHAUS - Malignant Hyperthermia Association of US
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