Circulatory responses during electroconvulsive therapy.

Tongue laceration during electroconvulsive therapy

Corresponding author: Sang-Hwan Do, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 166, Gumi-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam 463-707, Korea. Tel: 82-31-787-7501, Fax: 82-31-787-4063, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommo...

Cardiovascular and hormonal responses to electroconvulsive therapy

A 74-year-old woman with severe depression was scheduled for a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The patient had mild to moderate hypertension (arterial blood pressure in the 140/9&170/ 100 mmHg range), and was taking chlorthalidone 50 mg daily and oral potassium supplements. Although there was no indication of ischaemic heart disease, carotid and femoral artery bruits indicated that s...

Heart rate changes during electroconvulsive therapy

BACKGROUND This observational study documented heart rate over the entire course of electrically induced seizures and aimed to evaluate the effects of stimulus electrode placement, patients' age, stimulus dose, and additional predictors. METHOD In 119 consecutive patients with 64 right unilateral (RUL) and 55 bifrontal (BF) electroconvulsive treatments, heart rate graphs based on beat-to-beat...

PT694. Concomitant psychopharmacological treatments during electroconvulsive therapy

Intracranial haemodynamics during attenuated responses to electroconvulsive therapy in the presence of an intracerebral aneurysm.

OBJECTIVES This report describes successful anaesthesia and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in a patient with an unruptured basilar artery aneurysm. ECT is associated with a hyperdynamic state characterised by arterial hypertension, tachycardia, and considerably increased cerebral blood flow rate and velocity. These responses pose an increased risk for subarachnoid haemorrhage when an intracran...