The Incidence of Malignant Hyperthermia in Denmark

Ørding, Helle; Bendixen, Diana

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Helle Ørding⁴ &
Diana Bendixen⁴

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Abstract

The Danish Malignant Hyperthermia Register (DMHR) was created in 1977 [1] with the following aims:

To collect information about cases of malignant hyperthermia (MH)
To investigate these patients and their families
To spread information about MH to patients, attending doctors, and dentists
To educate future anesthesiologists in various aspects of MH.

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The Danish Malignant Hyperthermia Register, Herlev University Hospital, DK-2730, Herlev, Denmark
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Chugoku Rosai General Hospital, Hiroshima University, 737-01, Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
Michio Morio M.D., Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus, Director General) (Professor Emeritus, Director General)
The First Department of Anesthesiology, Toho University School of Medicine, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, 143, Japan
Hirosato Kikuchi M.D., Ph.D. (Chairman and Professor) (Chairman and Professor)
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, 734, Japan
Osafumi Yuge M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Ørding, H., Bendixen, D. (1996). The Incidence of Malignant Hyperthermia in Denmark. In: Morio, M., Kikuchi, H., Yuge, O. (eds) Malignant Hyperthermia. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68346-9_2

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