Safe resumption of maintenance electroconvulsive therapy 12 days after surgical repair of hip fracture.
J ECT
; 31(2): 81-2, 2015 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-25313642
ABSTRACT
Hip fractures are a common injury affecting older individuals, especially women with osteoporosis. When patients who are at risk for hip fractures or who have had such a fracture that was recently repaired require electroconvulsive therapy, care must be taken to ensure complete muscle relaxation. Adequate muscle relaxation can be achieved using a dose of succinylcholine of approximately 1 mg/kg in most patients, but for patients who are at risk for complications resulting from inadequate muscle relaxation, the dose of succinylcholine may need to be increased by 40% to 50% to ensure complete relaxation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Terapia Electroconvulsiva
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Fracturas de Cadera
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J ECT
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2015
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Article