[6 years of electroconvulsive therapy with dexamethasone].
The author reports on an improvement in ECT in which Dexamethasone is used to prevent cerebral edema. This improved technique has been used for 823 EC treatment since 1979. Since then, no post-paroxysmal passage syndromes have been observed in gerontopsychiatric patients even in cases where ECT is applied relatively frequently.
D000368:Aged; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011292:Premedication
D003907:Dexamethasone
6 Jahre Elektrokrampftherapie mit Dexamethason.