A 48-year-old woman underwent subtotal thyroidectomy. She has a vague family history of malignant hyperthermia. She develops agitateion, restlessness, fever, tremor, shivering and tachypnoea. Thyroto-xic crisis can be best distinguished from malignant hyperthermia by estimating:: (A) Temperature variation, (B) Increased CPK levels, (C) LDH, (D) Muscular rigidity
Answer is B. Ans: b (Increased CPK levels)Ref: Harrison, 16thed, p. 105Malignant hyperthermia ppt by* Inhalation anaesthesia* Sch