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A 48-year-old woman underwent subtotal thyroidectomy. She has a vague family history of malignant hyperthermia. She develops agitateion, restlessness, fever, tremor, shivering and tachypnoea. Thyroto-xic crisis can be best distinguished from malignant hyperthermia by estimating:

A
Temperature variation
B
Increased CPK levels
C
LDH
D
Muscular rigidity
High-Yield Explanation
Ans: b (Increased CPK levels)Ref: Harrison, 16thed, p. 105Malignant hyperthermia ppt by* Inhalation anaesthesia* Sch

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