Electroconvulsive therapy in a geriatric patient with multiple bone fractures and generalized plasmocytoma.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for patients with severe major depressive disorder. ECT can safely be administered even to medically ill, high-risk patients; we report on the complete remission of depressive psychopathology following five unilateral ECT treatments in a suicidal geriatric patient with concurrent prior venous thrombosis, coronary heart disease, multiple myeloma, glaucoma, bilateral petrous bone fractures, and a femoral neck fracture. Most medical complications during ECT can be managed with interdisciplinary cooperation.
Weller
M
M
Department of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Germany.
Kornhuber
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000150:complications*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
D000928:Antidepressive Agents