Electroconvulsive therapy for malignant catatonia in adolescence

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1170-1172

  Dhossche, Dirk M ^a   Shettar, Shashidhar M ^a   Kumar, Tarun ^a   Burt, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Benzodiazepines; Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT); Malignant catatonia; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGITATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT CATATONIA; PSYCHOSIS; SEIZURE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CATATONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME;

EID: 73849134710     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b9e39c     Document Type: Article

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