Correlation of Seizure Duration to Anesthetic Dosage in Patients undergoing Electroconvulsive Therapy

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: psychiatric patients; electroconvulsive therapy; anesthesia

• Registration Number: TCTR20180810002
• Lead Sponsor: none

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2018-07-10
• Study Start: 2018-08-10
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

1.Both male and female with Schizophenia, Major depression, Suicidal drive, Bipolar disorder, Affective disorder, Organic psychosis
2. ASA I-II
3. age 15 - 65 yrs
4. Patients were completely treated with continuous ECT, having the duration of seizure threshold 25-60 sec.

Exclusion Criteria

1. patients with severe diseases e.g. uncontrolled heart diseases, Pheochromocytoma, arrhythmias, aneurysm, or on pacemaker.
2. cerebral tumor
3. vertebral osteoporosis or fracture
4. repeated ECT more than once

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anesthetics (sodium thiopental, succinylcholine) dosage patient begin seizure until disappear milligrams/kg

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
N/A N/A N/A