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Cardiac Arrest (with Apnoea) after E.C.T

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. F. J. Cropper
Affiliation:
Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hants
Margaret Hughes
Affiliation:
Knowle Hospital, Fareham, Hants

Extract

E.C.T. is rightly regarded as a highly safe procedure and, although several thousands of treatments are given annually at this hospital, the occurrence of any serious complication is extremely rare.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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