Safe use of electroconvulsive therapy in a highly suicidal survivor of carbon monoxide poisoning

Chih Lin Chiang; Mei Chih Meg Tseng

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.08.017

Safe use of electroconvulsive therapy in a highly suicidal survivor of carbon monoxide poisoning

Chih Lin Chiang, Mei Chih Meg Tseng

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Abstract

It has been reported that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may increase the likelihood of delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae (DNS) after carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. We present a suicidal patient of CO intoxication, who received ECT safely and effectively 5 weeks after CO exposure and review the previously reported ECT-related DNS cases and the recent studies about the predictors of DNS. We propose that ECT can be safely implemented in carefully selected patients without known risk factors for DNS after an extended observation period from CO exposure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103.e1-103.e3
Journal	General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.08.017
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012

Keywords

Carbon monoxide poisoning
Depression
Electroconvulsive therapy
Suicide

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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