Abstract
IWATSUKI, N., KOGA, Y. and AMAHA, K. Enflurane Induces Contracture of in Vitro Muscle from a Patient with Malignant Hyperthermia. Tohoku J. exp. Med., 1983, 140 (2), 221-222 - The possibility of enflurane being an inducer of malignant hyperthermia (MH) was examined by using the contracture test in in vitro muscle from a patient with MH. An administration of 2% enflurane elicited contracture in MH muscle and an elimination of enflurane relaxed this contracture. This result, therefore, strongly suggested that enflurane is the one of the trigger-agents for MH.
