Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy in a patient at risk from acute intermittent porphyria

I H Shaw; I G McKeith

doi:10.1093/bja/80.2.260

Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy in a patient at risk from acute intermittent porphyria

Br J Anaesth. 1998 Feb;80(2):260-2. doi: 10.1093/bja/80.2.260.

Authors

I H Shaw¹, I G McKeith

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.

PMID: 9602601
DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.2.260

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anesthetics, Intravenous*
Depressive Disorder, Major / therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy / methods*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Porphyria, Acute Intermittent*
Propofol*

Substances

Anesthetics, Intravenous
Propofol