Electroconvulsive therapy in a geriatric patient with multiple bone fractures and generalized plasmocytoma

Pharmacopsychiatry. 1992 Nov;25(6):278-80. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1014422.

Abstract

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a highly effective treatment for patients with severe major depressive disorder. ECT can safely be administered even to medically ill, high-risk patients; we report on the complete remission of depressive psychopathology following five unilateral ECT treatments in a suicidal geriatric patient with concurrent prior venous thrombosis, coronary heart disease, multiple myeloma, glaucoma, bilateral petrous bone fractures, and a femoral neck fracture. Most medical complications during ECT can be managed with interdisciplinary cooperation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Depressive Disorder / drug therapy
  • Depressive Disorder / etiology
  • Depressive Disorder / therapy*
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy*
  • Female
  • Fractures, Bone / complications*
  • Humans
  • Multiple Myeloma / complications*
  • Suicide, Attempted

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents