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The 18 pages that link to Malignant hyperthermia, each with the reason it gives.

• AnesthesiaRelated: Some anesthetics can trigger this inherited emergency, requiring rapid recognition and treatment.

• Serotonin syndromeCompared with: It follows exposure to triggering anesthetics and requires a different emergency treatment.

• RhabdomyolysisCompared with: It can produce muscle breakdown but has a specific anesthetic trigger and emergency treatment.

• Neuroleptic malignant syndromeCompared with: Both can cause rigidity and hyperthermia, but malignant hyperthermia is linked to anesthetic exposure and genetic susceptibility.

• HyperthermiaBroader topic: This inherited crisis shows how excessive internal heat production can cause abrupt hyperthermia.

• Excitation-contraction couplingBroader topic: Mutations in calcium-release machinery can drive sustained contraction and heat production.

• Heat illnessCompared with: It can cause dangerous overheating without environmental heat exposure.

• Heat stressCompared with: It causes overheating through a drug-triggered muscle reaction rather than environmental exposure.

• ThermogenesisCompared with: It illustrates how dysregulated muscle metabolism can turn heat generation into a medical emergency.

• Sarcoplasmic reticulumRelated: Mutations in sarcoplasmic-reticulum calcium-release channels cause many inherited cases.

• Inhalational anestheticRelated: Volatile anesthetics can trigger this emergency and affect agent selection.

• Local anesthetic systemic toxicityCompared with: It is a separate anesthetic emergency with different triggers, signs, and treatment.

• SevofluraneRelated: Sevoflurane can trigger this inherited susceptibility and must be avoided in affected patients.

• HalothaneRelated: Halothane can trigger this reaction, often alongside depolarizing muscle relaxants.

• IsofluraneRelated: Isoflurane can trigger this reaction in susceptible patients.

• AnestheticRelated: Some anesthetics can trigger this emergency in susceptible patients.

• General anaesthesiaRelated: Recognizing this potentially fatal reaction enables prompt treatment during anaesthesia.

• General anaestheticRelated: Some general anaesthetics can trigger this life-threatening emergency in susceptible people.