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

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.

“On the Case” is an interview-driven podcast series, in which we take a behind-the-scenes look at the popular case reports that are published in Anesthesiology News. We interrogate the authors of those case reports about what it was like to experience those clinical situations and why they decided to write about them afterward.

Links Mentioned:

• Link to Case Report
• Link to The Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States (MHAUS)
• Link to Submit Your Own Case Report

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