Pulmonary embolism after ECT

Journal of ECT

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-40

  Mamah, Daniel ^a   Lammle, Markus ^a   Isenberg, Keith E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; ECT; Electroconvulsive therapy; PE; Pulmonary embolism; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FATALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16444368118     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yct.0000152572.27344.f5     Document Type: Article

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