Key result
Tailored anesthetics and muscle relaxants reduce side effects and improve outcomes during electroconvulsive therapy.
Why the study?
Various anesthetic approaches are used in electroconvulsive therapy, but optimal methods to reduce side-effects and improve outcomes remain unclear.
This review highlights various anesthetic agents and muscle relaxants that can be tailored to improve clinical outcomes and minimize adverse hemodynamic and cognitive effects during electroconvulsive therapy.
Electroconvulsive therapy is one of the methods of treatment used in various kinds of psychiatric disorders including; depression, manic disorders, and catatonia.There are also different kinds of anesthetic approaches used in electroconvulsive therapy which include different kinds of anesthetic drugs, neuromuscular blocking agents and other medications.This article reviews the recent studies conducted regarding the various methods of anesthesia used in electroconvulsive therapy and proposes drugs and methods that could decrease unwanted side-effects and improve clinical outcomes of electroconvulsive therapy.
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Nazemroaya et al. (2019) conducted a review in Psychiatric disorders requiring electroconvulsive therapy. Anesthetic approaches and muscle relaxants was evaluated. Various anesthetic agents and muscle relaxants can be tailored to decrease unwanted side-effects and improve clinical outcomes during electroconvulsive therapy.
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