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Malignant hyperthermia is an inherited disorder of the skeletal muscle triggered in susceptible humans or swine by an anesthetic inhalation agent, succinylcholine, and/or stress. This phenomenon results in hypermetabolism, skeletal muscle damage, hyperthermia, and death if untreated. ... It was not until the porcine stress syndrome was recognized in 1960 that the phenomenon obtained its current name of malignant hyperthermia also known as MH. ... More is being learned every year about the diagnosis, treatment, pathophysiology, genetics, and testing for MH. ... Malignant hyperthermia is polygenic in origin.
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