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Psychotropic management of seizure duration during electroconvulsive therapy: trazodone, a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Kenneth R Kaufman  and
Ettie R Kaufman
Kenneth R Kaufman
Affiliation:
USC School of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Presented at the Royal College of Psychiatry Annual Meeting (July 2-6, 1991), Brighton, England
Ettie R Kaufman
Affiliation:
Presented at the Royal College of Psychiatry Annual Meeting (July 2-6, 1991), Brighton, England
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Abstract

The authors summarize a case wherein trazodone was utilized to maintain therapeutic seizure duration during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and review the literature in detail (36 references).

Keywords

ECTtrazodoneseizure duration
Type
Clinical & Brief Reports
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , May 1992 , pp. 50 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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