A child during anesthesia with Halothane and succincyl coA develops severe stiffness of masseters. What is the most probable diagnosis?
Malignant hypehermia is a condition that triggers a severe reaction to ceain drugs used as pa of anesthesia for surgery. Without prompt treatment, the disease can be fatal. The genes that cause malignant hypehermia are inherited. In most cases, no signs or symptoms of the condition exist until you are exposed to anesthesia. Malignant hypehermia is a genetic(autosomal dominant) hypermetabolic muscle disease. Triggering agents include Inhaled general anesthetics Ether Halothane Methoxyflurane Enflurane Isoflurane Desflurane Sevoflurane Depolarizing muscle relaxants Succinylcholine
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Malignant hypehermia
Anaphylaxis
Halothane hepatitis
Inhalational Anesthetic Agents