ArticleNorthern clinics of Istanbul2020
The effects of hyperventilation on seizure length and cerebral oxygenation during electroconvulsive therapy.
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- The impact of hyperventilation on seizure duration following electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Electroconvulsive Therapy and Hyperventilation: A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Ventilation strategies used during anaesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy: scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Narrative Review and Consensus Recommendations for the Use of Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange in Modified Electroconvulsive Therapy.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Article
- Two-handed facemask technique effectively causes hyperventilation in electroconvulsive therapy: an observational study.BMC anesthesiology · 2022Observational
- Evaluating Factors Affecting the Time Interval Between Propofol Injection and Induction of Electro-convulsion and Relationship Between These Factors and Duration of Convulsion.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivePrevious studies have reported that hyperventilation prolongs seizure length. However, there is no clear consensus in clinical guidelines on how to perform hyperventilation during Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). The present study aims to investigate the effects of hyperventilation on seizure length and cerebral oxygenation.
methodsForty patients aged 18-65 and classified as ASA I-II, who would have their first ECT course were included in the study. Ethics committee approval was obtained and all patients' consent was taken. The consecutive patients were randomized into two groups as follows: group H (20 patients; target etCO
resultsThere was a significant difference between the groups when they were compared concerning seizure length and recovery time. However, when we compared the rSO
conclusionThis study found that seizure length was longer, and the recovery time was shorter in group H. There was a contribution of hyperventilation on cerebral oxygenation that was measured on the same person at different times, but cerebral oxygenation was not statistically different from patients that were normoventilated. More studies are required to form a consensus regarding how hyperventilation applies to ECT.
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