METHOD AND RESULTS OF ELECTRIC CONVULSIVE THERAPY DURING COMPLETE CURARIZATION : With Observations on a Curare Antagonist, Tensilon

JACQUES S. GOTTLIEB and LUCIEN E. MORRISAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 109, Number 10

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.109.10.735

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1. Six elderly depressed patients with severe osteoporosis of the spine and other physical disabilities were treated by electric convulsive therapy during complete curarization. The method of complete curarization allowed the administration of electric convulsive therapy without danger of producing further injury to diseased skeletal structures, and thus extended the usefulness of this therapy to patients who otherwise would be unable to receive it.

2. The results of experiences with Tensilon indicate its limitations and its usefulness as an adjunct to bag, mask, and oxygen in the maintenance of the proper ventilation of the patient when the patient had been completely curarized.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 109 • Number 10 • April 1953

Pages: 735 - 740

PubMed: 13050788

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Published in print: April 1953

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JACQUES S. GOTTLIEB

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LUCIEN E. MORRIS

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The Iowa Psychopathic Hospital, the Department of Psychiatry, State University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.

The Division of Anesthesiology of the Department of Surgery, State University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.

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METHOD AND RESULTS OF ELECTRIC CONVULSIVE THERAPY DURING COMPLETE CURARIZATION : With Observations on a Curare Antagonist, Tensilon

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