Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy

Nikhil Chawla

doi:10.1016/j.anclin.2019.10.007

Anesthesia for Electroconvulsive Therapy

Anesthesiol Clin. 2020 Mar;38(1):183-195. doi: 10.1016/j.anclin.2019.10.007. Epub 2020 Jan 3.

Author

Nikhil Chawla¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Yale Medicine, Yale University, 333 Cedar Street, TMP-3, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: nikhil.chawla@yale.edu.

PMID: 32008651
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2019.10.007

Abstract

This article deals with anesthesia for patients receiving ECT for a variety of mood disorders. It includes indications, contraindications, patient selection, workflow, anesthetic management, and postprocedure complications of electroconvulsive therapy.

Keywords: Blood pressure management for ECT; Contraindication for ECT; ECT adjuncts; ECT for pregnancy; ECT overview; ECT postop complications; Induction agents for ECT.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Airway Management
Anesthesia / adverse effects
Anesthesia / methods*
Anesthetics / pharmacology
Electroconvulsive Therapy / methods*
Humans
Mood Disorders / physiopathology
Mood Disorders / therapy
Postoperative Care

Substances

Anesthetics