Why the study?
Does intravenous hydralazine and propranolol prevent blood pressure elevation and complications during ECT in a patient with a recent intracranial aneurysm operation?
Population
1 42-year-old normotensive woman with severe mental depression 6 months after an operation for an…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
Duration of a series of ten ECTs
Authors
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May allow safe ECT post-aneurysm surgery; leaves open generalizability and safety in larger cohorts.
Does intravenous hydralazine and propranolol prevent blood pressure elevation and complications during ECT in a patient with a recent intracranial aneurysm operation?
Intravenous hydralazine and propranolol successfully prevented ECT-induced blood pressure elevation, allowing safe administration of ECT in a patient with a recent intracranial aneurysm operation.
Husum et al. (1983) studied this question.
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