Prolonged apnea during electroconvulsive therapy in monozygotic twins: case reports

In the present work, we report two cases of monozygotic twins who developed prolonged apnea during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as a complication of anesthesia. In both cases, prolonged action of succinylcholine caused by a butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE) deficiency was confirmed by means of the dib...

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Autores principales: Zavorotnyy, Maxim, Zwanzger, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22053728
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-10-30

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22053728
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-10-30

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