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Cardiac Arrhythmias During Electroshock Therapy: Significance, Prevention, and Treatment

GERALD MCKENNA, RALPH P. ENGLE, JR., HAROLD BROOKS, and JAMES DALENAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.4.530

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Abstract

Respiratory acidosis and hypercapnia frequently accompany electroshock therapy (EST) and can be the cause of significant ventricular arrhythmias, which may have lethal sequelae in patients with coronary artery disease. The authors present measures to prevent these arrhythmias by hyperventilation with oxygen and ways to treat them if they occur.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 4 • October 1970

Pages: 530 - 533

PubMed: 5459517

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Published in print: October 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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GERALD MCKENNA

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RALPH P. ENGLE, JR.

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HAROLD BROOKS

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JAMES DALEN

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Teaching fellow in psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass., Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 74 Fenwood Rd., Boston, Mass. 02139

Lecturer in psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass.

Instructor in medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass.

Assistant professor of medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass.

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Cardiac Arrhythmias During Electroshock Therapy: Significance, Prevention, and Treatment

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