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A Rare but Possible Event During General Anesthesia Is Malignant

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A rare but possible event during general anesthesia is malignant hyperthermia.This condition ____________.


A) is caused by increased Na⁺ fluxes in the skeletal muscles
B) also causes muscle paralysis, hypotension and heart block
C) has no drug treatment except quickly cooling the patient
D) can occur with all anesthetics but is more frequent with halothane

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