Hyperrigidity and Hyperthermia Associated With Anesthesia

Representations of Nation and Spanish Masculinity in Popular Romance Novels: The Alpha Male as “Other”

“…However, he is colorless, when compared to the Latin hero, and lacks the fire of passion. He “would never make the blood thunder” through a woman’s body, writes Katrina Britt (1977) in The Villa Faustino (p. 166). Even if the English suitor represents a nonpatriarchal model of masculinity, life with him, although “pleasant and bearable” (Britt, 1977, p. 166), would ultimately be ordinary and dull.…”

A report of fulminant malignant hyperthermia in a patient with a novel mutation of the CACNA1S gene

“…Exposure of MH susceptible individuals to anesthetic agents (halogenated anesthetics and the depolarizing muscle relaxant, succinylcholine) triggers a hypermetabolic crisis 1,2 that reflects deregulation of excitation-contraction (EC) coupling and calcium homeostasis in skeletal muscles. 3 Susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait that is mapped to six genetic loci.…”

Neural and pulmonary aspects of the porcine stress syndrome

“…Rasmussen and Christian (1976) were found. SS pigs and MH susceptible humans both show a tendency towards increased erythrocyte fragility when com pared to SR pigs (Britt and Kalow, I968;Cheah and Cheah, 1976;Schanus et al, 1979)'…”