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Descriptor English: Malignant Hyperthermia
Descriptor Spanish: Hipertermia Maligna
Descriptor hipertermia maligna
Entry term(s) hiperpirexia maligna
Scope note: Aumento excesivo y rápido de la temperatura, acompañado por rigidez muscular que sigue a la anestesia general.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hipertermia Maligna
Descriptor French: Hyperthermie maligne
Entry term(s): Anesthesia Hyperthermia
Anesthesia Hyperthermias
Anesthesia Related Hyperthermia
Anesthesia Related Hyperthermias
Hyperpyrexia, Malignant
Hyperpyrexias, Malignant
Hyperthermia of Anesthesia
Hyperthermia, Anesthesia Related
Hyperthermia, Malignant
Hyperthermias, Anesthesia Related
Malignant Hyperpyrexia
Malignant Hyperpyrexias
Malignant Hyperthermias
Related Hyperthermia, Anesthesia
Related Hyperthermias, Anesthesia
Tree number(s): C23.550.505.700
C23.550.767.600
C23.888.119.455.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008305
Scope note: Rapid and excessive rise of temperature accompanied by muscular rigidity following general anesthesia.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Anesthesia, General (1966-1972)
Fever (1966-1972)
Public MeSH Note: 73
History Note: 73
Related: Fever MeSH
Hyperthermia MeSH
DeCS ID: 8478
Unique ID: D008305
NLM Classification: WO 245
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Date Established: 1973/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Malignant Hyperthermia - Preferred
Concept UI M0012932
Scope note Rapid and excessive rise of temperature accompanied by muscular rigidity following general anesthesia.
Preferred term Malignant Hyperthermia
Entry term(s) Anesthesia Hyperthermia
Anesthesia Hyperthermias
Anesthesia Related Hyperthermia
Anesthesia Related Hyperthermias
Hyperpyrexia, Malignant
Hyperpyrexias, Malignant
Hyperthermia of Anesthesia
Hyperthermia, Anesthesia Related
Hyperthermia, Malignant
Hyperthermias, Anesthesia Related
Malignant Hyperpyrexia
Malignant Hyperpyrexias
Malignant Hyperthermias
Related Hyperthermia, Anesthesia
Related Hyperthermias, Anesthesia



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