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From: sdyer@bbncc5.UUCP (Steve Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.med
Subject: Re: Need Source for information about clinical hyperthermia
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Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 22:45:24 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 22:45:24 1985
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I have nothing to offer on your questions on microwave-induced hyperthermia
in the treatment of cancer, but you used the phrase "malignant
hyperthermia" in the Keywords: field of your message.  "Malignant
hyperthermia" isn't hyperthermia used to treat malignancies, but rather
a precise clinical phrase describing a paradoxical reaction to general
anesthesia consisting of muscular rigidity, acidosis and rapidly rising
temperature.  It is a medical emergency, and without prompt, agressive
treatment, it can be fatal.  Luckily, in the past few years, a drug
(dantrolene) has been introduced that arrests the runaway biochemical
pathway which produces the syndrome in susceptible people.

I hope this saves you from chasing down a few irrelevant references!
-- 
/Steve Dyer
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