Anesthetic considerations of cardiovascular risk during electroconvulsive therapy

Convulsive Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-164

  Dolinski, Sylvia Y ^a   Zvara, David A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Arrhythmias; Coronary artery disease; Electroconvulsive therapy; Hypertension; Ischemia; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETOMIDATE; METHOHEXITAL; NITRATE; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BOLUS INJECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RISK;

EID: 0030764338     PISSN: 07498055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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