Life-saving electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with near-lethal catatonia

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 535-537

  Girardi, Paolo ^a,b   Rapinesi, Chiara ^a,b   Cuomo, Ilaria ^b   Kotzalidis, Georgios D ^b   Del Casale, Antonio ^b   Serata, Daniele ^a,b   Campi, Sandra ^b   Caloro, Matteo ^b   De Chiara, Lavinia ^b   Tamorri, Stefano Maria ^b   Scatena, Paola ^a   Caccia, Federica ^b   Bersani, Francesco Saverio ^c   Carbonetti, Paolo ^a   Vento, Alessandro ^b   Dimitri Valente, Giorgia ^b   Tatarelli, Roberto ^b   Fensore, Claudio ^a   Ferracuti, Stefano ^b   Angeletti, Gloria ^b  

^a Suore Hospitaliere of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Catatonia; ECT; Informed consent; Lethal catatonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATATONIA; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEAR LETHAL CATATONIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATATONIA; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARENTAL CONSENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871587533     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1708/1183.13097     Document Type: Article

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