Anesthesia Management for Electroconvulsive Therapy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Pre-procedural Assessments and Considerations

   • Shigeki Yamaguchi, Toshifumi Takasusuki

   Pages 1-15

3. Comprehensive Monitoring During Procedures Under Reasonable Anesthetic Control

   • Yoshihiko Demoto

   Pages 17-47

4. Selection of Anesthetics and Muscle Relaxants for Electroconvulsive Therapy

   • Yuji Kadoi

   Pages 49-65

5. Airway and Respiratory Management During Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

   • Ethan O. Bryson, Charles H. Kellner

   Pages 67-78

6. Circulatory Management, Especially Blood Pressure and Heart Rate

   • Naoki Matsumoto

   Pages 79-97

7. Postprocedural Assessments and Considerations

   • Masami Sato

   Pages 99-124

8. Complication of Electroconvulsive Therapy

   • Zen’ichiro Wajima

   Pages 125-154

In this book, recognized anesthesiology experts present the latest findings on anesthesia for electro-convulsive therapy (ECT). With the development of modified electroconvulsive therapy (m-ECT) and devices to provide brief-pulse stimulation, ECT is currently being re-evaluated as an important procedure in psychiatric disorder therapy and is increasingly being used worldwide to treat several psychiatric conditions. This trend is due to the social phenomenon of the growing number of patients for whom ECT is applicable. Since the new approach is more safe and effective than the original method without anesthesia, m-ECT is currently applied under general anesthesia in most advanced countries.  This book provides an overview and practice of total anesthesia management in the perioperative period of ECT. It offers an indispensable resource not only for professional anesthesiologists but also healthcare professionals who use this therapy.

• Bipolar Disorder
• Depression
• Mania
• Perioperative Management
• Schizophrenia
• m-ECT

“This book examines the unique pathological, pharmacological, and physiological considerations in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy for psychiatric illnesses. … The intended audience is anesthesiologists with little experience in providing care to patients receiving ECT, as well as other clinicians involved in the care of these patients (psychiatrists and others) who would benefit from a better understanding of the periprocedural risks and interventions associated with this treatment.” (David B. Glick, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2016)

• Gunma University Graduate School of Med., Department of Anesthesiology, Maebashi, Japan

  Shigeru Saito

Shigeru Saito, Department of Anesthesiology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine

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