Propofol and methohexital as anesthetic agents for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): A comparison of seizure-quality measures and vital signs

Journal of ECT

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-35

  Geretsegger, Christian ^a   Rochowanski, Erika ^a   Kartnig, Christopher ^a   Unterrainer, Axel F ^a  

^a Landesnervenklinik Salzburg ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Electroconvulsive therapy; Methohexital; Postictal suppression; Propofol; Seizure parameters; Seizure quality measures

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHOHEXITAL; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL DISEASE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOHEXITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031860503     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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