Engelsk titel: Patient with intractable delirium successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy
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Författare:
Lindgren, Eske
;
Hageman, Ida
Email: eskelindgren@gmail.com
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 5
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UI-nummer: 14117539
Sammanfattning
Delirium is a frequent and serious condition often seen in hospitalized patients, especially the elderly. Treatment of the somatic illness causing the delirium, and antipsychotic
medication will usually resolve the condition. Sometimes, however, the condition is refractory towards medical treatment and in this situation electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be a
quick and efficient treatment. In this case report of a 26-year-old man a post-operative intractable delirium persisting for three weeks was efficiently and swiftly relieved by three
consecutive ECTs. The patient was discharged without need for further treatment.