Catatonia complicated by pneumothorax successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy.
We describe 2 patients with catatonia who developed the complication of pneumothorax, the accumulation of air in the pleural cavity leading to collapse of a lung. Electroconvulsive therapy was safely administered to resolve catatonia, with special attention to managing pneumothorax by insertion of a thoracostomy tube and careful management of ventilation.
Suzuki
Kazumasa
K
Department of Psychiatry, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. kazumasa-tohoku@umin.ac.jp
Katsura
Masahiro
M
Ebina
Yukio
Y
Takano
Takehisa
T
Matsuoka
Hiroo
H
D000328:Adult; D002375:Catalepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D002389:Catatonia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D015505:Chest Tubes; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D019233:Retreatment; D012560:Schizophrenia, Catatonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D013906:Thoracoscopy