Suxamethonium induced prolonged apnea in a patient receiving electroconvulsive therapy.

Avinash Waghmare, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Jagadisha Thirthalli

Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560002, India.

General hospital psychiatry 2010 Jul-Aug

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Suxamethonium causes prolonged apnea in patients in whom pseudocholinesterase enzyme gets deactivated by organophosphorus (OP) poisons. Here, we present a similar incident in a severely depressed patient who received electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Prolonged apnea in our case ensued because the information about suicidal attempt by OP compound was concealed from the treating team. Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Avinash Waghmare, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Jagadisha Thirthalli. Suxamethonium induced prolonged apnea in a patient receiving electroconvulsive therapy. General hospital psychiatry. 2010 Jul-Aug;32(4):447.e1-2