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Delayed recovery from anaesthesia: Which Medications Cause It? (552 Reports Across 54 Drugs)

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Delayed recovery from anaesthesia has been reported as an adverse event with 54 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 552 total reports. 17 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Delayed recovery from anaesthesia are SEVOFLURANE, PROPOFOL, and FENTANYL.

552
Total Reports
54
Drugs Involved
17
Deaths
240
Hospitalizations
49.5 yrs
Average Patient Age
58.3% / 41.7%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Delayed recovery from anaesthesia Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
SEVOFLURANE 120 2.8% 0 25 6
PROPOFOL 117 0.7% 3 49 12
FENTANYL 89 0.1% 2 30 7
ROCURONIUM 43 0.7% 4 16 6
MIDAZOLAM 34 0.3% 0 20 2
REMIFENTANIL 34 1.2% 2 12 5
BUPIVACAINE 31 0.3% 0 22 1
ROPIVACAINE 31 1.0% 0 8 5
MORPHINE 21 0.0% 0 11 7
SUCCINYLCHOLINE 21 0.9% 0 13 4
SUGAMMADEX 20 0.9% 0 7 3
SUFENTANIL 19 0.4% 0 16 4
DEXMEDETOMIDINE 16 0.5% 0 9 1
ADALIMUMAB 15 0.0% 0 9 1
PIPERACILLIN\TAZOBACTAM 14 0.1% 0 8 0
KETAMINE 12 0.2% 0 8 5
BACLOFEN 11 0.0% 0 3 1
DESFLURANE 11 1.7% 2 3 0
ISOFLURANE 11 1.3% 2 1 2
EPINEPHRINE 10 0.1% 0 9 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Delayed recovery from anaesthesia

120 reports
117 reports
89 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)