Electroconvulsive Therapy - Adverse effects
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Safety of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with unrepaired abdominal aortic aneurysm: report of 8 patients.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: Patients with unrepaired abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) may have depression and other psychiatric disorders for which electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be recommended. It is unclear whether ECT, which transiently, yet markedly, ... Read more...

Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to evaluate the effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on clinical and quality of life improvement in patients hospitalized at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre and to compare psychopathology ... Read more...

Neurophysiological characterization of high-dose magnetic seizure therapy: comparisons with electroconvulsive shock and cognitive outcomes.

30 Aug 2009 Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) is under development as a means of improving cognitive outcomes with convulsive therapy through achieving better control over therapeutic seizure induction than is possible with conventional electroconvulsive therapy. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Electroconvulsive Therapy - Adverse effects'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Four years of successful maintenance electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Safety of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with unrepaired abdominal aortic aneurysm: report of 8 patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Introducing the expert electroconvulsive therapy physician for 2009: one person's reflection. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical outcomes and quality of life in patients submitted to electroconvulsive therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Neurophysiological characterization of high-dose magnetic seizure therapy: comparisons with electroconvulsive shock and cognitive outcomes. 30 Aug 2009
• Successful use of donepezil in treatment of cognitive impairment caused by maintenance electroconvulsive therapy: a case report. 30 Aug 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy: the struggles in the decision-making process and the aftermath of treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• Rehabilitating ECT's public image. 30 Jul 2009
• Successful retrial of ECT two months after ECT-induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy. 30 Jul 2009
• [Electroconvulsive therapy: myths and evidences] 13 Jul 2009
• Effect of concomitant pharmacotherapy on electroconvulsive therapy outcomes: short-term efficacy and adverse effects. 29 Jun 2009
• Medical evaluation before electroconvulsive therapy. 23 Jun 2009
• Differential heart rate response to magnetic seizure therapy (MST) relative to electroconvulsive therapy: a nonhuman primate model. 31 May 2009
• Association of vaginal bleeding and electroconvulsive therapy use in pregnancy. 30 May 2009
• Optimizing ECT technique. 30 May 2009
• Panic attack associated with flumazenil at electroconvulsive therapy session. 30 May 2009
• Electroconvulsive therapy- and succinylcholine-related asystole. 30 May 2009
• Post-electroconvulsive therapy agitation with etomidate. 30 May 2009
• Exceptionally high initial seizure threshold in a catatonic patient treated with electroconvulsive therapy. 30 May 2009
• Myocardial stunning after electroconvulsive therapy in patients with an apparently normal heart. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Electroconvulsive Therapy'

Definition: Electrically induced CONVULSIONS primarily used in the treatment of severe AFFECTIVE DISORDERS and SCHIZOPHRENIA.

Descriptor UI: D004565

Alternative terms: Electroconvulsive Therapy; Electroconvulsive Therapies; Therapies, Electroconvulsive; Therapy, Electroconvulsive; ECT (Psychotherapy); Shock Therapy, Electric; Electric Shock Therapies; Electric Shock Therapy; Shock Therapies, Electric; Therapies, Electric Shock; Therapy, Electric Shock; Convulsive Therapy, Electric; Convulsive Therapies, Electric; Electric Convulsive Therapies; Electric Convulsive Therapy; Therapies, Electric Convulsive; Therapy, Electric Convulsive; Electroshock Therapy; Electroshock Therapies; Therapies, Electroshock; Therapy, Electroshock;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: F04.570.200.583; F04.669.224.300;

Online Note: use ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY to search SHOCK THERAPY, ELECTRIC 1966-80 & ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK 1966-67

History Note: 81; was SHOCK THERAPY, ELECTRIC 1963-80; ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK was heading 1966-67

Technical Notes: a psychotherapy technique: do not confuse with ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK, an experimental tool