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Vol 2 Issue 2	March 2007

Reference Page

Malignant Hyperthermia: What We Have Learned

Luis M. Zabala, M.D.; Pediatric Cardiothoraic Anesthesiologist, Arkansas Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Section of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

1 – Denborough MA, Foster JF, Lovell RR, et al. Anaesthetic deaths in a family. Brit J. Anaesth. 34:395-6, 1962.

2 – Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States. – www.mhaus.org
 
3 – Jurkat-Rott K, McCarthy T, Lehmann-Horn F. Genetics and pathogenesis of malignant hyperthermia. Muscle Nerve 23(1):4-17, 2000.

4 – Claxton BA, Cross MH, Hopkins P. No response to trigger agents in malignant hyperthermia susceptible patient. Br J. Anaesth. 88: 870, 2002.

5 – Litman RS, Rosenberg H. Malignant hyperthermia: update on susceptibility testing. JAMA. 293(23):2918-24, 2005.                                                                                                                               

Other suggested literature:
- Fuhrman B, Zimmerman J. Pediatric Critical Care. Third Edition. 2006. Chapter 117. Page 1780- 92.