• J Clin Anesth · Jun 2017

    Multicenter Study Observational Study

    Prevalence of malignant hyperthermia diagnosis in hospital discharge records in California, Florida, New York, and Wisconsin.

    • Zhen Lu, Henry Rosenberg, and Guohua Li.
    • Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 722 West 168(th) St, R1508, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: katherinezhenlu@gmail.com.
    • J Clin Anesth. 2017 Jun 1; 39: 10-14.

    Study ObjectiveMalignant hyperthermia (MH) is a rare yet potentially fatal pharmacogenetic disorder triggered by exposure to inhalational anesthetics and the depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent succinylcholine. Epidemiologic data on the geographic variation in MH prevalence is scant. The objective of this study is to examine the prevalence of recorded MH diagnosis in patients discharged from hospitals in four states in the United States.DesignObservational study.SettingHealthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) State Inpatient Database (SID) for California (2011), Florida (2011), New York (2012) and Wisconsin (2012).PatientsA total of 164 hospital discharges that had a recorded diagnosis of MH using the International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification code 995.86.MethodsMH prevalence was assessed by patient demographic and clinical characteristics.Main ResultsThe prevalence of MH per 100,000 hospital discharges ranged from 1.23 (95% Confidence Interval [CI], 0.80-1.66) in New York to 1.91 (95% CI, 1.48-2.34) in California, and the prevalence of MH per 100,000 surgical discharges ranged from 1.47 (95% CI, 0.93-2.02) in New York to 2.86 (95% CI, 2.00-3.71) in Florida. The prevalence of MH in male patients was more than twice the prevalence in female patients. Of the 164 patients with MH diagnosis, 11% were dead on discharge.ConclusionsThere exists a modest variation in the prevalence of recorded MH diagnosis in hospital discharges in California, Florida, New York and Wisconsin. Epidemiologic patterns of MH diagnosis in hospital discharges appear to be similar across the four states. Further research is needed to better understand the geographic variation and contributing factors of MH in different populations.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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