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  • Title: [A case of pulmonary edema after electroconvulsive therapy under propofol anesthesia].
    Author: Tsutsumi N, Tohdoh Y, Kawana S, Kozuka Y, Namiki A.
    Journal: Masui; 2001 May; 50(5):525-7. PubMed ID: 11424471.
    Abstract:
    Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was scheduled for a 61-yr-old woman with major depression who had been taking a beta-blocker for hypertension. She underwent the first ECT under thiamylal anesthesia uneventfully. The second ECT was performed under propofol anesthesia on the next day. Immediately after ECT, the heart rate dropped from 56 to 19 beats.min-1, which was remedied by intravenous atropine. Then, the blood pressure increased to 204/108 mmHg but it was controlled by nicardipine. However, the SpO2 decreased to 84-88% under oxygen administration by mask at a rate of 3 l.min-1. The patient complained of chest discomfort and had a bloody secretion from the trachea. A chest X-ray showed a butterfly shadow. The patient was diagnosed as having neurogenic pulmonary edema and was treated in the ICU by artificial ventilation and administration of diuretics and catecholamines. These treatments proved to be successful, and the patient was discharged from the ICU 4 days later uneventfully. This case indicates that hemodynamics should be carefully monitored following ECT and that care should be taken to prevent the occurrence of complications after ECT.
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