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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Efficacious retrial of electroconvulsive therapy for major depressive disorder after a prolonged seizure in an older adult.

Joseph Kramkowski, Swapnil Rath

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph KramkowskiDepartment of Psychiatry, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA joseph.kramkowski@pinerest.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3451-3459
Swapnil RathDepartment of Psychiatry, Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a case of a woman in her 70s with treatment-resistant major depression who was admitted psychiatrically for the fifth time in 1.5 years. She had a history of intensive psychotherapy and psychotropic medication trials with poor efficacy. She also had a history of adverse complications to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with prolonged seizures and postictal confusion during her third hospitalisation. At her fifth hospitalisation, due to poor response to routine psychiatric treatment, ECT was pursued. We discuss challenges in pursuing ECT and the outcome of the retrial of an acute ECT series, in the context of a paucity of similar literature regarding geriatric depression.

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Depressive Disorder, Treatment-ResistantElectroconvulsive TherapyMajor Depressive DisorderStatus EpilepticusAgedFemaleHumansPsychotherapyTreatment OutcomeMood disorders (including depression)PsychiatryPsychiatry of old age

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PMID37130644
PMCPMC10163421
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