Electroconvulsive therapy for catatonia resulting in cardiac arrest [4]

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 812-814

  Bailey, C ^a   Venn, R ^a   Panayiotou, S ^a   Chojnowska, E ^a   Gorst Unsworth, C ^b   Cavanagh, R ^b   Caldwell, G ^a   Wong, S ^a  

^a WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b West Sussex Health and Social Care NHS Trust Swandean   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATENOLOL; ATRACURIUM; ETOMIDATE; MIRTAZAPINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OXYGEN; SUXAMETHONIUM; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTRODE; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LETTER; MALE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33746867525     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021506241255     Document Type: Letter

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