ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN CATATONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOTHORAX

Recent advances in the method of application and monitoring of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has facilitated its use even in the presence of serious physical illness. This case report b of a patient in catatonic stupor who developed an acute respiratory crisis, and in whom the use of ECT led to qu...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Ninan, Suresh, T.R., Srinivasan, T.N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1994
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743677
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description Recent advances in the method of application and monitoring of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has facilitated its use even in the presence of serious physical illness. This case report b of a patient in catatonic stupor who developed an acute respiratory crisis, and in whom the use of ECT led to quick recovery not only from the psychiatric state but also helped recovery from the medical illness. The report highlights the need to use ECT, if indicated, in the presence of serious medical illness without hesitation.
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spelling pubmed-29724672011-07-08 ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN CATATONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOTHORAX Thomas, Ninan Suresh, T.R. Srinivasan, T.N. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Recent advances in the method of application and monitoring of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has facilitated its use even in the presence of serious physical illness. This case report b of a patient in catatonic stupor who developed an acute respiratory crisis, and in whom the use of ECT led to quick recovery not only from the psychiatric state but also helped recovery from the medical illness. The report highlights the need to use ECT, if indicated, in the presence of serious medical illness without hesitation. Medknow Publications 1994 /pmc/articles/PMC2972467/ /pubmed/21743677 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN CATATONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOTHORAX
title ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN CATATONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOTHORAX
title_full ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN CATATONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOTHORAX
title_fullStr ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN CATATONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOTHORAX
title_full_unstemmed ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN CATATONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOTHORAX
title_short ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN CATATONIA ASSOCIATED WITH PNEUMOTHORAX
title_sort electroconvulsive therapy in catatonia associated with pneumothorax
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743677
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