Electroconvulsive therapy: A review of history, patient selection, technique, and medication management

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 494-498

  Taylor, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Electroconvulsive; Schizophrenia; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; FLUMAZENIL; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; LITHIUM; METHOHEXITAL; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SUXAMETHONIUM; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANESTHESIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; SIDE EFFECT;

ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248169336     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318038fce0     Document Type: Review

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