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Electroconvulsive therapy and intracranial aneurysm
Author(s) -
HUSUM B.,
VESTERANDERSEN T.,
BUCHMANN G.,
BOLWIG T. G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1983.tb12526.x
Subject(s) - medicine , electroconvulsive therapy , propranolol , anesthesia , depression (economics) , hydralazine , blood pressure , aneurysm , intracranial pressure , surgery , electroconvulsive shock , economics , macroeconomics
Summary A 42‐year‐old normotensive woman developed a severe mental depression 6 months after an operation for intracranial aneurysm. The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was judged to be of vital importance. By concurrent administration of intravenous hydralazine and propranolol before induction of anaesthesia the normally occurring ECT‐induced blood pressure elevation was completely prevented, and the patient received a series of ten ECTs without complications.