2009) Study: A retrospective review of case records at hospital in Hong Kong serving 0.8 million. N= 34 ECT-treated patients Date: June 2006 to April 2009 Time span: Three years Diagnoses: 65% depression 23% bipolar 6% schizophrenia 6% schizoaffective Gender: 88% women Age, mean (SD) years: 62 (19) (range, 21–87) 60% >65 years or older Side effects: 71% headache, postictal Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical confusion, nausea, dizziness, memory
loss (most common)—dental injury, transient bradycardia, oxygen desaturation bronchospasm (less common) iP: 0.6% AvE: 6 (range 3–10) Modified Device: MECTA Spectrum 5000Q constant current stimulus Type: Brief-pulse wave Placement: BL Tokushima, University Hospital, Japan (H) 7782 Ishimoto Y (Ishimoto et al. 2000) Study: Retrospective review of patient charts at Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical university hospital N= 185 ECT-treated patients N= 3067 admitted patients Date: Between 1975 and 1997 Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical Time span: 23 years Diagnoses: 71% schizophrenia 6% manic depressive psychosis 5% atypical psychosis 14% psychogenic reactions 4%other Indication: Drug resistance or need of rapid improvement Gender: 51% women Age, mean (SD) years: 27.5 (8.8) (range
13–59) Side effects: Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical 37% of patients—amnesia, headache, pyrexia. One case of compression fractures of vertebrae Other: Assistants restrained patients shoulders, arms
and thighs to prevent extreme motion iP: 6% AvE: 10 (range 1–43) Modified, but without muscle relaxant Anesthesia: Thiamylal sodium (short-acting barbiturate) Device: C-1 Sakai Medical, Tokyo, Japan. Type: Sine wave (according to device type) Placement: BL Monitoring: Pulse and blood pressure check Hospital, Saudi Arabia (H) 2640 Alhamad AM (Alhamad 1999) Study: Retrospective clinical review of isothipendyl all Inhibitors,research,lifescience,medical ECT-treated inpatients at King Khalid University hospital N= 127 ECT-treated patients Date: 1985 to 1994 Time span: 10 years Diagnoses: 61% major depressive illness (unipolar, bipolar, postpartum, and atypical depression) 13% manic episode (bipolar mixed state, postpartum) 9% schizoaffective 11% schizophrenia 3% brief reactive, organic psychoses 2% other Indication: 69% no response to selleck chemicals llc medication 35% as a first-choice emergency treatment Gender: 60% women Age, mean (SD) years: 27.9 (9.23) (range 15–60) Ethnicity: 82% Saudi Arabian Other: 94% living in urban area 52% married 52% secondary, university, or higher education level Side effects: 3.