Conversion disorder upon emergence from general anesthesia—A case report and review of literature

Conversion disorder (CD) is a neurological symptom that is not related to any medical or neurological disease. Symptoms can range from sensory complaints to loss of consciousness. Psychological stressors such as surgery and anesthesia are considered a precipitating factors. Early diagnosis is crucia...

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Autores principales: Alshathri, Nourah A., Binsaleh, Saleh, Al Saadon, Abdalrahman, Alkhawajah, Nuha M., Eldawlatly, Abdelazeem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8477761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34658734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_118_21
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author Alshathri, Nourah A.
Binsaleh, Saleh
Al Saadon, Abdalrahman
Alkhawajah, Nuha M.
Eldawlatly, Abdelazeem
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description Conversion disorder (CD) is a neurological symptom that is not related to any medical or neurological disease. Symptoms can range from sensory complaints to loss of consciousness. Psychological stressors such as surgery and anesthesia are considered a precipitating factors. Early diagnosis is crucial to prevent unnecessary interventions. Here, we report a case of a patient who developed CD upon emergence from general anesthesia.
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spelling pubmed-84777612021-10-15 Conversion disorder upon emergence from general anesthesia—A case report and review of literature Alshathri, Nourah A. Binsaleh, Saleh Al Saadon, Abdalrahman Alkhawajah, Nuha M. Eldawlatly, Abdelazeem Saudi J Anaesth Case Report Conversion disorder (CD) is a neurological symptom that is not related to any medical or neurological disease. Symptoms can range from sensory complaints to loss of consciousness. Psychological stressors such as surgery and anesthesia are considered a precipitating factors. Early diagnosis is crucial to prevent unnecessary interventions. Here, we report a case of a patient who developed CD upon emergence from general anesthesia. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8477761/ /pubmed/34658734 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_118_21 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34658734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sja.sja_118_21
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