Journal article
A case of atypical tardive seizure activity during an initial ECT titration series
The journal of ECT, Vol.30(1), pp.77-80
03/2014
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31829c10d6
PMID: 23845940
Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been used in this country for more than 70 years, is still the most effective treatment in all of psychiatry, and is considered a very safe procedure to have under general anesthesia. Although most patients tolerate this procedure very well without complications, prolonged and/or tardive seizures or even status epilepticus can develop, which is a rare but serious complication of ECT. Tardive seizures are typically associated with electroencephalographic evidence of ictal activity and motor manifestations of the tonic-clonic activity. Whereas there are instances of nonconvulsive status epilepticus after ECT, this is the first report of a patient developing autonomic and motor manifestations of a tardive seizure without electroencephalographic evidence of seizure activity during the initial titration series to establish seizure threshold for a course of ECT.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A case of atypical tardive seizure activity during an initial ECT titration series
- Creators
- Paul Thisayakorn - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of MedicineYasser KarimThoru YamadaLaurie M McCormick
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The journal of ECT, Vol.30(1), pp.77-80
- DOI
- 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31829c10d6
- PMID
- 23845940
- ISSN
- 1095-0680
- eISSN
- 1533-4112
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2014
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychiatry; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984295922602771
Metrics
28 Record Views