Atropine Premedication for Electric Convulsion Therapy

Atropine Premedication in Electroconvulsive Therapy

Atropine has been used in ECT to eliminate parasympathetically mediated dysrhythmias. However, it may increase heart rate and myocardial workload. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of atropine premedication on the heart rate and blood pressure. Study was performed in 80 patients referred for a course of ECT. They enrolled randomly in one of the two equal groups to receive atro...

Memory studies in electric convulsion therapy.

The disturbances of memory immediately following electric convulsion therapy (E.C.T.) have been the subject of many investigations (Zubin and Barrera, 1941; Mayer-Gross, 1943; Liberson and Wilcox, 1945; Kalinowsky and Hoch, 1947). Implicit, ifnot explicit, in the majority of these papers is the assumption that memory can be studied in isolation, Bartlett, however, (1932), long ago demonstrated ...

Atropine premedication and the cardiovascular response to electroconvulsive therapy.

A report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommended avoiding atropine premedication during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We have examined the cardiovascular effects of ECT with or without atropine premedication. Consenting patients (n = 30) were allocated randomly before their third ECT session to receive atropine or no premedication. The rate pressure product (RPP) was recorded befor...

Atropine premedication and respiratory complications.

Sir,—Jones and Drummond (1981) have shown that premedication with atropine does not influence the frequency of postoperative respiratory complications. However, they do not nuke a recommendation for routine use, or otherwise, of atropine in premedicatioa. Studies on the effects of atropine administration on ciliary activity have shown conflicting results. Experimental studies in dogs have not s...

Convulsion Therapy in Schizophrenia