title: Successful management of a morbidly obese patient for electroconvulsive therapy with elective tracheostomy.
abstract: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a treatment for affective catatonia and requires multiple general anesthetics. Morbid obesity is an increasingly prevalent condition that may complicate the standard anesthetic management of a patient undergoing ECT. We report the successful airway management of a morbidly obese ECT patient via elective tracheostomy.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia and Critical Care, MGH, USA. jwgoldfarb@partners.org [corrected]
authors.forename: Jeremy W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Goldfarb
authors.forename: Edward A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bittner
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Welch
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D002389:Catatonia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*