@article{ref1,
title="Combination of electroconvulsive therapy with skin graft surgery for a schizophrenic patient with burns",
journal="Journal of ECT",
year="2009",
author="Iwata, Ken and Masuda, Michiko and Soejima, Kazutaka and Ohashi, Miyuki",
volume="25",
number="3",
pages="210-212",
abstract="We report on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on a patient with schizophrenia immediately after skin graft surgery for extensive burns. The patient was 22 years old and had been burned in more than 33% of his body because of a suicide attempt. After his admission to a burn unit, he continued to make repeated suicide attempts. Electroconvulsive therapy with a muscle relaxant and intubation was administered after scheduled skin graft surgery. His hallucinations diminished after a series of ECT treatments, and his behavior improved. This combination avoids an anesthetic procedure and makes it possible for physicians to administer ECT earlier for burned psychopharmacological treatment-resistant psychiatric patients. The combination treats a patient's physical and mental illnesses simultaneously.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1095-0680",
doi="10.1097/YCT.0b013e31819140e1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCT.0b013e31819140e1"
}