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BET 5: IS DANTROLENE THE BEST WAY TO TREAT HYPERTHERMIA IN PATIENTS WITH COCAINE ABUSE?
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Report by Dr Joanne Probert, Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine
Search checked by Dr Jacqui Macnair, Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine
Institution: Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK
CLINICAL SCENARIO
A 26-year-old man attends the emergency department having recently used cocaine. He is hyperthermic. You have heard that dantrolene may have a place in the management of …