Comparison of anesthetics in electroconvulsive therapy: An effective treatment with the use of propofol, etomidate, and thiopental

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 383-389

  Zahavi, Guy Sender ^a   Dannon, Pinhas ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NESS ZIONA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Ect; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPONSE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

EID: 84896737511     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: 11782021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NDT.S58330     Document Type: Article

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