postoperative psychosis
postoperative psychosis
A symptom complex said to follow surgery, especially in Pts requiring general anesthesiaMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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(1) Preoperative depression, interictal psychosis, and epileptiform discharges contralateral to the epileptogenic zone are the most frequent predictors of
postoperative psychosis. (11) Nonetheless, since AED usage is commonplace in patients with intractable epilepsy and planned lobectomy, psychosis as a result of AED usage could be an important predictor or risk factor for post-lobectomy psychosis.
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