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Not the Retiring Type - January 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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T he closest that many surgical facilities will come to a malignant hyperthermia emergency is their annual all- hands-on-deck drill. Ronald Litman, DO, FAAP, has expe- rienced more than drills, more than once. As a hotline consultant for the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States (mhaus.org) for more than 15 years and as the group's medical director since 2013, he's witnessed how OR teams react when the warnings become reality and guided them through the potentially fatal complication. According to Dr. Litman, a professor of 9 9 January 2015 | O U T PAT I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T David Bernard | Senior associate Editor Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Malignant Hyperthermia Manning the Hotline for zMH DOCRonald Litman, DO, FAAP, has been a part of MHAUS's response team for more than 15 years. a conversation with the physician you're likely to reach in a real MH emergency.

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