Anesthesia Management for Electroconvulsive Therapy Practical Techniques and Physiological Background /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Saito, Shigeru (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Medicine & Public Health.

In this book, recognized anesthesiology experts present the latest findings on anesthesia for electro-convulsive therapy (ECT). With the development of modified electroconvulsive therapy (m-ECT) and devices to provide brief-pulse stimulation, ECT is currently being re-evaluated as an important proce...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Pre-Procedural Assessments and Considerations
• 2. Comprehensive Monitoring During Procedures under Reasonable Anesthetic Control
• 3. Selection of Anesthetics and Muscle Relaxants for Electroconvulsive Therapy
• 4. Airway and Respiratory Management during Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
• 5. Circulatory Management, Especially Blood Pressure and Heart Rate
• 6. Post-Procedural Assessments and Considerations
• 7. Complication of Electroconvulsive Therapy.