Effect of propofol versus sodium thiopental on electroconvulsive therapy in major depressive disorder: A randomized double-blind controlled clinical trial

Journal of ECT

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-40

  Purtuloǧlu, Tark ^a   Özdemir, Barbaros ^a   Erdem, Murat ^a   Deniz, Süleyman ^a   Balkç, Adem ^a   Ünlü, Gazi ^a   Öznur, Taner ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ECT; major depression; propofol; thiopental

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; PROPOFOL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEIZURES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 84874656132     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e318271200b     Document Type: Article

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