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Mental status changes postoperative: Which Medications Cause It? (73 Reports Across 18 Drugs)

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Mental status changes postoperative has been reported as an adverse event with 18 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 73 total reports. 7 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Mental status changes postoperative are FENTANYL, SEVOFLURANE, and ATRACURIUM.

73
Total Reports
18
Drugs Involved
7
Deaths
21
Hospitalizations
65.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
60.5% / 39.5%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Mental status changes postoperative Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
FENTANYL 45 0.1% 0 2 0
SEVOFLURANE 34 0.8% 0 2 0
ATRACURIUM 32 1.8% 0 0 0
THIOPENTAL 32 3.1% 0 0 0
BUPIVACAINE 13 0.1% 0 2 0
PREGABALIN 12 0.0% 0 1 0
DIACETYLMORPHINE 11 0.5% 0 0 0
EPHEDRINE 11 1.0% 0 0 0
GENTAMICIN 11 0.2% 0 0 0
LEVOBUPIVACAINE 11 2.8% 0 0 0
METARAMINOL 11 6.7% 0 0 0
OMEPRAZOLE 11 0.0% 0 0 0
POTASSIUM 11 0.1% 0 0 0
PROPOFOL 11 0.1% 0 0 0
SODIUM 11 0.1% 0 0 0
TEICOPLANIN 11 0.5% 0 0 0
MAGNESIUM\POTASSIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM\SODIUM 9 11.8% 0 0 0
BACLOFEN 6 0.0% 0 6 1

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Mental status changes postoperative

45 reports
34 reports
32 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)