Electroconvulsive therapy in the elderly

Suxamethonium-modified electroconvulsive therapy in the frail and elderly.

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Effects of clonidine on the hemodynamic changes of electroconvulsive therapy

Introduction: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective treatment for many psychological disorders, mainly major depression and schizophrenia which is often associated with some complications such as hypertension, tachycardia arrhythmia and even myocardial infarction. Various methods have been used for prevention or control of these cardiovascular side effects. The aim of this study was ...

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...

Advances in the practice of electroconvulsive therapy

The first electroconvulsive treatment was admin istered by Cerletti and Bini in 1938. The event was essentially an experiment, carried out like a military operation (Endler, 1988).The patient was stimulated three times, each time increasing the intensity of the stimulus before a generalised seizure was induced. He had been suffering from an acute psychosis with a poor prognosis, but responded t...