MH Case of the Month Challenge
MH Hotline
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available 24/7
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To challenge you regarding MH management for patient safety, a "brain teaser" - an actual MH Hotline case - will be posted each month with multiple-choice questions.
We hope to provide valuable education for facilitating patient safety in the OR.
The correct answers and a narrative
will be posted on the first of the following month
along with the new Case of the Month.
Contact Gloria at MHAUS dot org for concerns, questions or to provide feedback in any way. Thanks!
**August 2008 Case of the Month**
Topic
Date / Answers
Hypermetabolism and Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery 07/08 answers High Temperature and rigidity, is it MH 06/08 answers Spinal Muscular Atrophy 05/08 answers Thryroid Surgery for Tumor 04/08 answers Ruling out MH May not be an Easy Process 03/08 answers Molecular Genetic Testing to Diagnose Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility 02/08 answers Prostoperative Recurrent Fever, Hallucinations, and Agitation in a Child with Spastic Quadriplegia 01/08 answers Total Muscle rigidity, an important Sign of MH 12/07 answers Urgent Coronary Artery bypass Grafting: To proceed or Not? 11/07 answers Surgery for a Parotidectomy 10/07 answers The parturient with a suspected MH Susceptible husband 09/07 answers Hypercarbia Under Anesthesia in a MHS Patient 08/07 answers Hypercarbia Following Induction of General Anesthesia 07/07 answers Total body rigidity complicating general anesthesia 06/07 answers Generalized rigidity 05/07 answers Family history of exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis 04/07 answers Increased TECO2 03/07 answers Is this MH or do common things occur commonly? 01/07 answers A pulmonary problem that mimics MH 12/06 answers Acute postoperative rhabdomyolysis in a child 11/06 answers Postoperative rhabdomyolysis 10/06 answers Laparoscopy: hypercarbia, subcutaneous emphysema 09/06 answers Pediatric arthrogryposis: intraoperative difficulty ventilating, hyperthermia 08/06 answers Pediatric tonsillectomy: postoperative tachycardia, hypercarbia, fever 07/06 answers Knee arthroscopy: hypertension, tachycardia, pulmonary edema; pheochromocytoma 06/06 answers Lithotripsy: postoperative fever, shivering, DIC 05/06 answers Outpatient knee arthroscopy: tachycardia, hypercarbia; treatment MH crisis 04/06 answers Pediatric circumcision: postop fever, tachycardia, lethargy 03/06 answers Appendectomy: fever, tachycardia, hypertension 02/06 answers Thyroidectomy: postop agitation & rigidity; serotonin syndrome 01/06 answers
