Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy in a patient at risk from acute intermittent porphyria.
A severely depressed 57-yr-old woman at risk from acute intermittent porphyria presented for a course of electroconvulsive therapy. With propofol as the induction agent the course of electroconvulsive therapy was both uneventful and successful.
Shaw
I H
IH
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
McKeith
I G
IG
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017118:Porphyria, Acute Intermittent; D015742:Propofol
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D015742:Propofol