ABSTRACT
This book is dedicated to those who died of malignant hyperthermia and to their families. It contains cases studies that would be helpful for anesthesiologists, surgeons, physiologists, molecular biologists, biophysicists, biochemists, pathologists, students, and post doctoral fellows.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|19 pages
Prologue
part II|45 pages
History of Malignant Hyperthermia Research
chapter Chapter 5|15 pages
The Discovery of Malignant Hyperthermia in Pigs—Some Personal Recollections
chapter Chapter 6|22 pages
How was the Abnormal Calcium Release Channel from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Identified?
part III|101 pages
Current Understanding of the Mechanism of Malignant Hyperthermia
part IV|87 pages
Diagnosis of Malignant Hyperthermia
chapter Chapter 16|26 pages
Noninvasive Screening for Malignant Hyperthermia by Means of the Lymphocyte Test
chapter Chapter 17|6 pages
A Noninvasive Diagnosis of Malignant Hyperthermia: Direct Thermometry of Intramuscular Temperature
part V|59 pages
New Developments in Malignant Hyperthermia Research and Molecular Genetic Diagnosis of Malignant Hyperthermia
