A prospective comparative study of interaction between lithium and modified electroconvulsive therapy

Thirthalli, Jagadisha ; Harish, Thippeswamy ; Gangadhar, Bangalore N. (2011) A prospective comparative study of interaction between lithium and modified electroconvulsive therapy The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 12 (2). pp. 149-155. ISSN 1562-2975

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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.3109/15622975.2010.504860

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15622975.2010.504860

Abstract

Objectives. To compare patients on lithium and those not on lithium with regard to adverse effects while receiving ECT. Methods. Inpatients with schizophrenia, non-organic psychosis, mania and depression, who were prescribed ECTs either on (n=27) or not (n=28) on lithium were studied. Clinicians blind to lithium-status recorded seizure parameters, interaction with succinyl choline, cardiovascular response, recovery from ECT and immediate post-ECT complications. Results. The lithium group showed no significant difference in terms of seizure variables, apnea time, and recovery from anaesthesia when compared to the non-lithium group. Average maximum heart rate, average maximum systolic blood pressure and average maximum rate pressure product were significantly lower in patients who had combined lithium and ECT. In lithium patients the average time to post-ECT recovery was directly correlated with serum lithium level. Conclusions. Though concurrent lithium is by and large safe during ECT, it benefits to maintain serum lithium level at lower end of therapeutic range. However, the findings can be applied to relatively young patients with no risk factors for ECT-complications.

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Keywords:Lithium; Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT); Prolonged Seizures; Succinylcholine; Cardiovascular Response.
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