ECT generalized seizure drives heart rate above treadmill stress test maximum

Journal of ECT

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-74

  Swartz, Conrad M ^a,c   Shen, Winston W ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c IU Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; ECT; Heart rate; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ETOMIDATE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; METHOHEXITAL; MIVACURIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METABOLIC REGULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34249904146     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3180314681     Document Type: Article

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