Dexmedetomidine and the successful management of electroconvulsive therapy postictal agitation: a case report
| Autor: | Bryan Smith, Gregory N. Dunn, Peter B. Rosenquist, Elizabeth M. O'Brien, Lorraine M. Arias, James Kimball |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
α2 agonists
Adult Sedation medicine.medical_treatment Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Morbidly obese Electroconvulsive therapy Pharmacotherapy Intervention (counseling) medicine Humans Hypnotics and Sedatives Dexmedetomidine Electroconvulsive Therapy Depression (differential diagnoses) Psychomotor Agitation business.industry Delirium Combined Modality Therapy Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment Outcome Anesthesia Female medicine.symptom business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The journal of ECT. 26(2) |
| ISSN: | 1533-4112 |
| Popis: | Postictal agitation after electroconvulsive therapy is a common and serious condition and when severe, requires prompt intervention to safeguard the patient and medical staff from the potential for mayhem and physical harm. We present a case report on the successful use of dexmedetomidine, an α2 agonist, in the postictal management of severe agitation in a 34-year-old morbidly obese woman, after prior modes of intervention had failed to deliver ideal conditions. |
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