Electroconvulsive therapy complicated by life-threatening hyperkalemia in a catatonic patient

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 440-442

  Hudcova, Jana ^a   Schumann, Roman ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catatonia; Electroconvulsive therapy; Hyperkalemia; Immobilization; Neuromuscular blocking agents; Succinylcholine; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATATONIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; OBESITY, MORBID; POTASSIUM; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUCCINYLCHOLINE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33750026760     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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