Comparison of seizure duration, ictal EEG, and cognitive effects of ketamine and methohexital anesthesia with ECT

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-34

  Krystal, Andrew D ^a   Weiner, Richard D ^a   Dean, Margaret D ^a   Lindahl, Virginia H ^a   Tramontozzi III, Louis A ^a   Falcone, Grace ^a   Coffey, C Edward ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; KETAMINE; METHOHEXITAL; MIDAZOLAM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 0037412785     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.15.1.27     Document Type: Article

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