Transient language disturbances following anaesthesia in bilingual patients –⁠ case reports

Czech version

Authors: O. Gimunová; M. Mokrá
Authors‘ workplace: I. anesteziologicko-resuscitační oddělení FN Brno-Bohunice
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., 17, 2006, č. 4, s. 193-194
Category: Anaesthesiology - Case Report

Overview

This article describes cases of transient language disturbances following anaesthesia. There is often a paradoxical fixation on the non-native language following anaesthesia.These cases shed some light on the way languages are stored in the brain.

Key words:
bilingualism –⁠ general anaesthesia –⁠ language disturbances

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Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

2006 Issue 4