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Malignant hyperthermia is a pharmacogenetic disorder, which is an uncommon but frequently fatal intricacy of inhalation anesthesia in man. It causes a quick rise in body temperature to highly irreversible levels, which causes death in around three of four cases. The trigger anesthetics cause an anomalous, continued ascent in myoplasmic calcium levels. Possible mechanisms by which continuous release...