CALCIUM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU THINK!

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MHAUS is fortunate to have many of the world's experts on MH serving currently or in the past on our hotline and/or Professional Advisory Council.  I will therefore from time to time, ask one of them to fill in for me in writing the monthly blog. Dr. Tom Nelson, who is now retired, spent many years researching the presentation and pathophysiology of MH in animals and in man.  I and members of the MH community have learned a great deal from him.  I think you will enjoy reading his views on Calcium. 

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What Accounts for the Variability of Expression of Malignant Hyperthermia?

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One of the persistent and recurring questions related to Malignant Hyperthermia, as is true for many other disorders, is why the syndrome progresses at different rates in different patients and what accounts for the varied manifestations of MH.

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O Canada - Canadian contributions to understanding of MH

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Like the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Canadian Anesthesiologists Society holds an annual educational meeting for its members. This past June MHAUS exhibited at the Canadian meeting. This was the first time in many years that we elected to attend the Canadian meeting.  The reasons for this are several.

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Ten Reasons for MHAUS

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The Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the US was formed in 1981 in order to fill an unmeet need concerning awareness of MH and its consequences by physicians, nurses and other health care workers.

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How Well Prepared are Anesthesia Teams for dealing with an MH crisis?

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There is no doubt that over the past 30 years MH has gone from a virtually unknown, highly fatal problem to one that is well described in every textbook of anesthesia, surgery, medicine, and nursing.

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