Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Title
Academic Term
Fall 2014
Document Type
Project
Course Number
NURS 5330
Course Name
Advanced Pathophysiology
Professor’s Name
John D. Chovan, James R. Cacchillo
Keywords
Malignant Hyperthermia, Anesthesia Risks
Subject Categories
Anesthesiology | Medical Pathology | Nursing
Abstract
Although very rare, occurring one out of every 100,000 anesthesia cases, malignant hyperthermia is a hypermetabolic disorder that anesthesia providers screen and interrogate patients prior to every case they are administering anesthesia. Many research studies about anesthesia induced malignant hyperthermia have explored new methods of testing for the genetic susceptibility for malignant hyperthermia and into hospital based protocols when a patient starts to show the signs and symptoms of the metabolic disorder. This new knowledge and understanding has decreased patient mortality of anesthesia induced malignant hyperthermia from eighty percent to five percent over the past three decades (Rosenberg et al, 2007).
Recommended Citation
Contri, Chase, "Malignant Hyperthermia" (2014). Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN). 3.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_msn/3
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