Delayed Onset and Prolonged ECT-Related Delirium | Zendy

Sameer Hassamal | Zendy; Ananda K. Pandurangi | Zendy; Vasu Venkatachalam | Zendy; James L. Levenson | Zendy

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Delayed Onset and Prolonged ECT-Related Delirium

Author(s) -

Sameer Hassamal,

Ananda K. Pandurangi,

Vasu Venkatachalam,

James L. Levenson

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2090-682X

pISSN - 2090-6838

DOI - 10.1155/2013/840425

Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , electroconvulsive therapy , depression (economics) , presentation (obstetrics) , anesthesia , psychiatry , pediatrics , surgery , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , economics , macroeconomics

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective in the treatment of depression. Delayed post-ECT delirium is rare but can occur in a small subset of patients with risk factors and in most cases resolves with the use of psychotropic medications. We report a unique presentation of a patient who developed a delayed post-ECT delirium with fecal incontinence that commenced 24 hours after the administration of ECT. The condition resolved spontaneously after 48 hours without the use of psychotropic medications.

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