Ketamine as an alternative to ECT in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: A case report

The following paper described two cases of patients with catatonic depression in bipolar disorder (BD) referred to our electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) service. Both were deemed not medically fit for ECT, and were, instead, treated with intravenous (IV) ketamine. Both responded with a resolution of s...

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Autores principales: Sarma, Shanthi, Arunachalam, Arulmathy, Kamara, Memunatu, Branjerdporn, Grace
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10133533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37124268
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1138772
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author Sarma, Shanthi
Arunachalam, Arulmathy
Kamara, Memunatu
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description The following paper described two cases of patients with catatonic depression in bipolar disorder (BD) referred to our electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) service. Both were deemed not medically fit for ECT, and were, instead, treated with intravenous (IV) ketamine. Both responded with a resolution of symptoms, returning to baseline level of functioning. During the COVID-19 pandemic, given the risks associated with providing ECT (an aerosol generating procedure) and, in the context of limited resources, ketamine therapy for catatonia is a potentially beneficial alternative or supportive treatment to ECT that merits additional research.
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spelling pubmed-101335332023-04-28 Ketamine as an alternative to ECT in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: A case report Sarma, Shanthi Arunachalam, Arulmathy Kamara, Memunatu Branjerdporn, Grace Front Psychiatry Psychiatry The following paper described two cases of patients with catatonic depression in bipolar disorder (BD) referred to our electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) service. Both were deemed not medically fit for ECT, and were, instead, treated with intravenous (IV) ketamine. Both responded with a resolution of symptoms, returning to baseline level of functioning. During the COVID-19 pandemic, given the risks associated with providing ECT (an aerosol generating procedure) and, in the context of limited resources, ketamine therapy for catatonia is a potentially beneficial alternative or supportive treatment to ECT that merits additional research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10133533/ /pubmed/37124268 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1138772 Text en Copyright © 2023 Sarma, Arunachalam, Kamara and Branjerdporn. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Sarma, Shanthi
Arunachalam, Arulmathy
Kamara, Memunatu
Branjerdporn, Grace
Ketamine as an alternative to ECT in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: A case report
title Ketamine as an alternative to ECT in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: A case report
title_full Ketamine as an alternative to ECT in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: A case report
title_fullStr Ketamine as an alternative to ECT in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Ketamine as an alternative to ECT in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: A case report
title_short Ketamine as an alternative to ECT in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: A case report
title_sort ketamine as an alternative to ect in catatonia in elderly women with bipolar disorder: a case report
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10133533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37124268
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1138772
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