“…This presentation has only been suggested in one other reported case, that of a 28-year-old man who received fentanyl, midazolam, rocuronium, nitrous oxide, and desflurane in preparation for maxillofacial surgery after a motor vehicle accident. 13 Seven hours after anesthesia induction, the patient was noted to have an elevated end tidal carbon dioxide concentration and an increased temperature. The patient was determined to have malignant hyperthermia, so surgery was not performed, desflurane was discontinued, the carbon dioxide canisters and anesthesia machinery were changed, a cooling blanket was applied, and dantrolene, cold i.v.…”