title: Anaesthetic Management in Electroconvulsive Therapy During Early Pregnancy.
abstract: The management of major psychiatric conditions during pregnancy is exceptionally difficult. Pharmacoresistant, life-threatening and severe symptoms such as catatonia and suicidal behavior affect the health and safety of both mother and child. In such cases, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be considered as an alternative to pharmacologic treatment. In this report, we aimed to present anaesthetic management of a patient, who was 13 weeks pregnant and needed ECT due to major depression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ülkü
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Özgül
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Erdoğan
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mukadder
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Şanlı
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Feray
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erdil
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zekine
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Begeç
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, İnönü University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durmuş
keywords: Anaesthesia; electroconvulsive therapy; propofol