Falls associated with electroconvulsive therapy among the geriatric population: A case report

Journal of ECT

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-175

  Rao, Sanjay S ^a   Daly, John W ^b   Sewell, Daniel D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Electroconvulsive therapy; Falls

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; ETOMIDATE; MIRTAZAPINE; PARACETAMOL; QUETIAPINE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGED; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMUR FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS;

EID: 54049088268     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181579697     Document Type: Article

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