EPIDEMIOLOGIC CHALLENGES IN MALIGNANT HYPERT.pptVIP

EPIDEMIOLOGIC CHALLENGES IN MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA (MH) Department of Anesthesiology Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh/ University of Pittsburgh ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Marilyn Larach Sheila Muldoon Henry Rosenberg Debra Merritt Bettina Dixon and the Board of Malignant Hyperthermia Association of US AT A GLANCE... Epidemiology of MH Pathogenesis of MH 4 Different Case Scenarios The MH Clinical Grading Scale MH-like Anesthetic Events “Epidemiologic barriers” in defining the true incidence of MH” Difficulty in establishing diagnosis of MH No noninvasive diagnostic screening test “Epidemiologi