Transient language disturbances following anaesthesia in bilingual patients – case reports
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
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