ArticleIndian journal of psychiatry
The incidence of prolonged post-electroconvulsive therapy delirium: A retrospective study.
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- Electroconvulsive therapy research in India: A scoping review.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2026Review
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- Electroconvulsive Therapy for the Treatment of Protracted Resistant Agitated Psychosis With Comorbid Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case Report.Case reports in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Risk Factors for Postictal Delirium in Geriatric Patients Undergoing Electroconvulsive Therapy: The Role of Lithium and Quetiapine.Alpha psychiatry · 2025Article
- ECT and Delirium: Literature Review and a Pediatric Case Report.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- Electroconvulsive therapy for treating patients with agitation and related behavioral disorders due to dementia: a systematic review.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2023Article
- Rivastigmine for ECT-induced cognitive adverse effects in late life depression (RECALL study): A multicenter, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial in patients with depression aged 55 years or older: Rationale, objectives and methods.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The Role of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Prolonged Postelectroconvulsive Therapy Delirium.Case reports in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of the study was to assess the incidence and determinants of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)-induced delirium. MATERIALS AND
methodsUsing a retrospective study design, data of 488 patients undergoing modified ECT were evaluated for the development of new-onset prolonged delirium. Demographic and clinical parameters of patients who developed delirium and those who did not develop delirium were compared.
results5.7% of the patients developed prolonged post-ECT delirium. The use of quetiapine in higher doses and the lack of use of antidepressants while receiving ECT were associated with the development of prolonged post-ECT delirium. None of the other clinical and ECT-related parameters emerged as a significant factor associated with the development of prolonged post-ECT delirium.
conclusionsA small proportion of patients undergoing ECT develop post-ECT prolonged delirium.
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