Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Presence of GLAUCOMA: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Limited data is available with respect to use of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the presence of glaucoma. We present a case of severe depression with psychotic symptoms who did not respond to various antidepressant trials and required ECT. His medical history showed that he was diagnosed to have...

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Autores principales: Aneja, Jitender, Grover, Sandeep, Agarwal, Munish, Kaushik, Sushmita
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23833347
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.112211
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description Limited data is available with respect to use of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the presence of glaucoma. We present a case of severe depression with psychotic symptoms who did not respond to various antidepressant trials and required ECT. His medical history showed that he was diagnosed to have open angle glaucoma and cataract in both the eyes. He had undergone bilateral trabeculectomy and cataract surgery for his ophthalmological aliments. He was safely treated with bilateral ECT, with which he achieved remission.
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spelling pubmed-37013652013-07-05 Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Presence of GLAUCOMA: A Case Report and Review of Literature Aneja, Jitender Grover, Sandeep Agarwal, Munish Kaushik, Sushmita Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Limited data is available with respect to use of Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the presence of glaucoma. We present a case of severe depression with psychotic symptoms who did not respond to various antidepressant trials and required ECT. His medical history showed that he was diagnosed to have open angle glaucoma and cataract in both the eyes. He had undergone bilateral trabeculectomy and cataract surgery for his ophthalmological aliments. He was safely treated with bilateral ECT, with which he achieved remission. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3701365/ /pubmed/23833347 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.112211 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine 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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Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Presence of GLAUCOMA: A Case Report and Review of Literature
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