ECT anesthesia: The lighter the better?

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 201-204

  Sartorius, Alexander ^a   Munoz Canales E M ^a   Krumm, B ^a   Krier, A ^b,c   Andres, F J ^c   Bender, H J ^c   Henn, F A ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ETOMIDATE; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION; SEIZURE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33845400875     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-950395     Document Type: Article

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