Febrile reaction with elevated CPK after a single electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in an adolescent patient with severe bipolar disorder. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This report describes the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) course of a 15-year-old male with severe bipolar disorder unresponsive to medical management. After his first treatment, the patient exhibited fever, elevated creatine phosphokinase levels, and leukocytosis. Treatment was halted although the patient reported an improvement in symptoms, which was not maintained with pharmacotherapy alone. Subsequent treatments were completed without adverse reactions, and the patient entered remission. We discuss the possible causes of this reaction and remind the reader that a single adverse event does not always require the abandonment of a treatment modality.

publication date

  • March 1, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Creatine Kinase
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Fever

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84857858005

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31823dfeb0

PubMed ID

  • 22343589

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 28

issue

  • 1