title: Heterozygous Atypical Cholinesterase: Management During ECT.
abstract: A 70-year old woman developed prolonged apnea during an initial administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) with succinylcholine. Because of the duration of apnea, she was suspected of having a heterozygous type of atypical cholinesterase. Subsequent therapies were administered with a reduced dose of succinylcholine. Prolonged apnea did not recur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California, USA.
authors.forename: John P.
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Riesenman
authors.forename: Rano T.
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Mathew