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Anaesthetic complication: Which Medications Cause It? (1,491 Reports Across 52 Drugs)

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Anaesthetic complication has been reported as an adverse event with 52 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 1,491 total reports. 43 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Anaesthetic complication are BUPIVACAINE, LIDOCAINE, and SEVOFLURANE.

1,491
Total Reports
52
Drugs Involved
43
Deaths
381
Hospitalizations
50.3 yrs
Average Patient Age
70.0% / 30.0%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Anaesthetic complication Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
BUPIVACAINE 585 5.2% 0 35 18
LIDOCAINE 104 0.5% 0 30 24
SEVOFLURANE 104 2.4% 0 18 2
ADALIMUMAB 73 0.0% 2 40 2
FENTANYL 58 0.1% 1 16 15
ROPIVACAINE 47 1.6% 1 20 17
PROPOFOL 44 0.3% 1 13 6
ROCURONIUM 35 0.5% 0 6 1
BUPIVACAINE\BUPIVACAINE ANHYDROUS 34 27.6% 0 0 0
EPINEPHRINE 33 0.2% 0 4 2
EPINEPHRINE\LIDOCAINE 28 1.2% 0 8 6
CARBIDOPA\LEVODOPA 24 0.0% 1 11 1
INTERFERON BETA-1A 23 0.0% 0 18 0
NUSINERSEN 19 0.3% 1 4 0
MORPHINE 17 0.0% 0 8 3
ETANERCEPT 14 0.0% 2 6 1
SUFENTANIL 13 0.3% 0 4 2
SUCCINYLCHOLINE 12 0.5% 0 7 1
MIDAZOLAM 11 0.1% 1 4 2
SODIUM OXYBATE 11 0.0% 0 5 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Anaesthetic complication

585 reports
104 reports
104 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)