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K. Kucia

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The use of ketamine in electroconvulsive therapy.

Psychiatria Polska 2015 K. Kucia, W. Merk

In recent years, data on the possibility of rapid clinical improvement after administration of ketamine in patients diagnosed with depression have been published more frequently. Ketamine, used as an anaesthetic during ECT procedures, despite earlier concerns, has both: a good safety profile and minimal effect on seizure threshold, which is used in cases of non-response to ECT. Postulated...