Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy in a patient at risk from acute intermittent porphyria.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A severely depressed 57-yr-old woman at risk from acute intermittent porphyria presented for a course of electroconvulsive therapy. With propofol as the induction agent the course of electroconvulsive therapy was both uneventful and successful.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthetics, Intravenous
- Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Porphyria, Acute Intermittent
- Propofol