Etomidate and ECT
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اثر پروپوفول و اتومیدیت بر طول مدت تشنج و پاسخ های همودینامیک حین تشنج درمانی الکتریکی
Aim and Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is considered as the most effective treatment method for major depression and psychiatric disorders. Significant hemodynamic changes occur in patients treated with ECT and the duration of seizure after ECT is considered as an important factor in the success of this treatment method. This study aimed to compare the effect of etomidate and prop...
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Literature analysis What does the literature say about the selection of an induction agent for ECT? It is in fact a very difficult question since most of the studies are of limited benefit because of their study design in terms of outcome measurements. While seizure duration is helpful, it is by no means the best measure of ECT outcomes. Another problem is that most studies use methohexitone as...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0003-2409,1365-2044
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04519_1.x