Electroconvulsive therapy in the elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 825-839

  Kamat, Sanjeev M ^a   Lefevre, Philip J ^a   Grossberg, George T ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CAFFEINE; CARBIDOPA; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; LEVODOPA; LIDOCAINE; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THEOPHYLLINE;

APNEA; BRAIN TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE, EPILEPSY AND CONVULSION;

EID: 0344442681     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(03)00043-0     Document Type: Review

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