A study of the incidence of epilepsy following ECT.

Adjunctive use of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and drug-resistant epilepsy: A pilot study

Background: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is an epileptic encephalopathy, characterized by drug-resistant multiple seizure types. The aim of this study was to determine if the adjunctive use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in patients with LGS and drug-resistant epilepsy is efficacious in decreasing their seizure frequency and also to investigate its safety and tolerability.   Method...

مقایسه تأثیر کلونیدین و پروپرانولول درپیشگیری از تغییرات همودینامیک پس از الکتروشوک درمانی

Introduction & Objective: ECT is an inevitable therapy for many of psychiatric patients. During ECT severe hemodynamic changes occur which may cause dangerous cardiovascular complications especially in elderly patients with cardiac disease and may lead to arrhythmia,ischemia and myocardial infarction. The purpose of this study was to show the effect of clonidin and propranolol on the preventi...

Investigating the Effect of Midazolam on the Incidence of Restlessness and Agitation in Patients Undergoing Electroshock Therapy

Introduction: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the treatment methods for neuropsychiatric patients. were assigned to two groups by available selection method and envelope selection method. The intended intervention was the injection of 0.02 mg/kg of midazolam. Richmond Questionnaire (RASS) was used to evaluate restlessness. Data were analyzed in spss18 software with independent t-tests...

بررسی نگرش همراهان بیماران روانی نسبت به شوک درمانی الکتریکی

  Objective : ECT as a treatment for psychiatric patients, is not only a low risk but also is a very cost-effective treatment, both for the patients and the health care system. However, to initiate ECT treatment, it is mandatory to obtain the consent of the person(s) accompanying the patients. The accompaniers' attitude towards ECT is a determining factor in signing the letter of consent and fo...

Investigating Relationship of positive Family Historypattern and the incidence of idiopathic epilepsy in patients with epilepsy