Figures from the National Audit Office ( 2005 ) reveal that stroke accounts for 11 per cent of deaths in England and Wales each year, that up to 30 per cent of stroke patients die within a month of event, and that a quarter of people living to the age of 85 can expect to have a stroke.

SummaryDifJult intubation was followed by malignant hyperthermia in a girl with an ankylosedjaw. The treatment, including the use of intraiienous dantrolene, is described. The patient's subsequent management, and the anaesthetic implications of these two conditions are discussed.

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