title: Electroconvulsive treatment performed in the operating room on a depressed patient before surgery.
abstract: We report the successful treatment of a recurring episode of major depression with electroconvulsive treatment done in the operating room before a surgical intervention in a 71-year-old woman with a comorbid condition of recurring squamous cell carcinoma resulting from a rare P53 genetic mutation. Electroconvulsive therapy was effective in treating safely this patient before surgery, resulting in a net reduction of anesthetic exposure for the patient for both procedures.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. carlos.beltran@yale.edu
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beltran
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ostroff
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D009873:Operating Rooms; D016896:Treatment Outcome