‘On the Case’: A Rare Crisis of Malignant Hyperthermia in a Pediatric Patient

06/15/21 • 15 min

In this episode of “On the Case,” Matthew Shachner, DO, discusses his case report about a 2-year-old girl who developed malignant hyperthermia during a routine dental cleaning under general anesthesia. The patient had presented to the hospital for the procedure due to poor dentition, and it was her first time undergoing general anesthesia.

Shachner is an anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Anesthesiology Consultants Exchange, P.C., in Cleveland, Tenn.

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Shachner is an anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Anesthesiology Consultants Exchange, P.C., in Cleveland, Tenn.

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