An unusual complication of total intravenous anesthesia: mutism.
We report a case of mutism secondary to total IV anesthesia with propofol, as an unusual complication that we have not found in the literature.
Kati
Ismail
I
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical Faculty, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey. ismaikati@hotmail.com
Demirel
C Bekir
CB
Anlar
Omer
O
Hüseyinoglu
Urfettin A
UA
Silay
Emin
E
Elcicek
Kamuran
K
D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009155:Mutism / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D015742:Propofol / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D015742:Propofol