Anesthetic Management during Electroconvulsive Therapy
10.12771/emj.2020.43.3.49
- Author:
You Bin JO
1
;
Heeseung LEE
;
Soo In KIM
;
Dong Yeon KIM
;
Hee Jung BAIK
;
Rack Kyung CHUNG
Author Information
1. Departments of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 1Psychiatry, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:The Ewha Medical Journal
2020;43(3):49-52
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Some patients with depression require electroconvulsive therapy performed undergeneral anesthesia. This requires rapid loss of consciousness, with minimal interferencefrom seizure activity, appropriate muscle relaxation status, prevention of hyperdynamicresponses to the electrical stimulus, and proper recovery of spontaneous ventilationand consciousness. The authors report the first case of electroconvulsive therapy performedwith the patient under general anesthesia at the Ewha Womans UniversityMedical Center, Korea.
