Anaesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy: A role for etomidate

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 351-353

  Benbow, Susan M ^a   Shah, Priti ^a   Crentsil, Joe ^a  

^a Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Walsall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ETOMIDATE; LIPID; THIOPENTAL; WARFARIN;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFUSION; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MACHINE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036731692     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.26.9.351     Document Type: Article

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