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Is it true that the following drugs have the potential to trigger malignant hyperthermia?

True / False

Atracurium Correct

Desflurane Correct

Suxamethonium Correct

Ondansetron Correct

Propofol Correct

Explanation

Intravenous anaesthetic drugs, narcotic analgesics and non-depolarising muscle relaxants do not have the potential to trigger malignant hyperpyrexia.

All the volatile inhalational agents should be avoided in patients susceptible to malignant hyperpyrexia.

Suxamethonium is a potent trigger for malignant hyperpyrexia.

Reference:

Allman K, Wilson I. Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006.

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