Dosing and effectiveness of ketamine anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): A case series

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 467-469

  Bryson, Ethan O ^a   Ahle, Gabriella M ^a   Liebman, Lauren S ^a   Aloysi, Amy S ^a   Majeske, Matthew F ^a   Lapidus, Kyle A ^a   Kellner, Charles H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ECT; Electroconvulsive therapy; Ketamine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; KETAMINE; METHOHEXITAL; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84925360688     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856214545547     Document Type: Article

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