Etomidate-induced convulsion prior to electroconvulsive therapy

Convulsion Therapy in Schizophrenia

Comparison of methohexital and etomidate as anesthetic agents for electroconvulsive therapy in affective and psychotic disorders.

BACKGROUND ECT is a well-established treatment for severe depression. The available data on psychosis are limited, but reliable. Its therapeutic potential relies on the induction of a generalized seizure. Besides other narcotics, methohexital and etomidate are used for general anesthesia in ECT. Since prolonged seizures have been reported following the use of etomidate, it can be deduced that t...

A within-subject comparison of seizure duration with etomidate and methohexital in electroconvulsive therapy

Objective: To determine whether etomidate is associated with longer seizures than methohexital in ECT anesthesia. Methods: Retrospective chart review in 39 patients who were switched from one anesthetic to the other. We compared motor and EEG seizure duration in the last ECT session on one anesthetic and the first session on the other anesthetic. Results: Motor seizures were about 10 seconds lo...

Electroconvulsive therapy-induced mania: a case report

INTRODUCTION Despite its controversial history, electroconvulsive therapy is generally an effective treatment with few serious side effects. One rare but troublesome side effect of electroconvulsive therapy is mania. CASE PRESENTATION A 33-year-old Turkish woman developed mania on three separate occasions after receiving electroconvulsive therapy for severe depressive episodes. CONCLUSION P...

Patient attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy

AIMS AND METHODS To investigate patients’ subjective attitudes to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) a questionnaire was posted to 89 consecutive patients who had received treatment in an ECT department. RESULTS Fifty-one responses were obtained (57%). Results indicated a high satisfaction with the department and the treatment itself; 44 respondents would or might have ECTagain and 35 reported at ...