A new DNA test may make it much simpler to identify patients at risk of malignant hyperthermia (MH) a rare but life-threatening complication of exposure to common anesthetics reports the November issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). The new technique, called high resolution melting (HRM) curve analysis, provides a "sensitive and specific tool" for the identification of genetic variants responsible for MH and a much simpler alternative to currently available tests...

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