Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) after pulmonary edema. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We report a case of pulmonary edema after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in an 88-year-old man with controlled hypertension and treatment-refractory depression. Despite this unexpected episode of pulmonary edema, the patient was able to complete this course of ECT without further complications. Because the pulmonary edema was thought to be due to extremely elevated blood pressures, nitroglycerine and esmolol were used during subsequent treatments, and electrode placement was changed to bilateral to speed recovery.

publication date

  • June 1, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy
  • Pulmonary Edema

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84861807600

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31824de9d4

PubMed ID

  • 22622302

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 28

issue

  • 2