title: Novel approach to managing severely labile blood pressure during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy in a man with psychotic depression and Parkinson disease.
abstract: Electroconvulsive therapy cannot proceed safely unless blood pressure is within the reference range. Finding the cause of very high or low blood pressure can be very difficult, time consuming, and expensive. We suggest a more valid and reliable time to check blood pressure. This is highlighted in the case of a man that became riddled with iatrogenic complications and needless treatments.
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bortolotti
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: MacPherson
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Subau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000758:Anesthesia; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate