TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Practical Considerations in Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy
JO  - Korean journal of biological psychiatry
A1  - Youn, Tak
A1  - Kim, Yong-Sik
A1  - Lee, Nam-Young
A1  - Kim, Se-Hyun
A1  - Choi, Jun-Gwon
A1  - Lee, Jeoung-Hyuk
A1  - Chung, In-Won
SP  - 110
EP  - 128
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N2  - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been recognized effective as primary or secondary treatments for major psychiatric disorders including depression and schizophrenia, as well as psychiatric emergency such as suicide, food refusal and catatonia, and so on. Medicines used in anesthetic induction for ECT, cause various reactions in autonomous, hemodynamic, and neuromuscular systems. The anesthetics also affect the duration, threshold, and intensity of seizures evoked with electric stimuli, and thus modify the seizure quality in ECT. Individual characteristics of age, sex, weight, comorbid physical disorders, and medications should also be considered for optimal clinical response after ECT. When preparing for anesthesia, adequate anesthetic agents and muscle relaxants, and rapid recovery should be carefully considered. We conducted a case-series study to address practical issues that are frequently encountered during ECT anesthesia with reviews of updated journals in order to provide practical helps to clinicians who are preparing ECT for their patients.<p /> <p>Language: ko</p>
LA  - ko
SN  - 1225-8709
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -