A Retrospective Case Series of Older Adults Requiring Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Surgical Theatres
Aims: This observational case series describes 11 patients who underwent emergency ECT under the care of the later life liaison psychiatry team at the Bristol Royal Infirmary over a 12-month period between February 2024 and January 2025. This represents a 5-fold increase in ECT delivery from previou...
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| description | Aims: This observational case series describes 11 patients who underwent emergency ECT under the care of the later life liaison psychiatry team at the Bristol Royal Infirmary over a 12-month period between February 2024 and January 2025. This represents a 5-fold increase in ECT delivery from previous years. We describe patients who required ECT treatment for their psychiatric illness but were deemed to be too medically unwell or too high risk for a general anaesthetic outside of surgical theatres in an acute hospital setting. The aim of this case series was to evaluate the volume of patients requiring emergency ECT and to understand the various clinical rationales for this. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9a52f1ab85d742bebfaf257c7a1efbd02025-08-20T03:32:22ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S203S20310.1192/bjo.2025.10518A Retrospective Case Series of Older Adults Requiring Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Surgical TheatresJennifer Parker0Seona Duroux1Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Bristol, United KingdomAvon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Bristol, United KingdomAims: This observational case series describes 11 patients who underwent emergency ECT under the care of the later life liaison psychiatry team at the Bristol Royal Infirmary over a 12-month period between February 2024 and January 2025. This represents a 5-fold increase in ECT delivery from previous years. We describe patients who required ECT treatment for their psychiatric illness but were deemed to be too medically unwell or too high risk for a general anaesthetic outside of surgical theatres in an acute hospital setting. The aim of this case series was to evaluate the volume of patients requiring emergency ECT and to understand the various clinical rationales for this.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425105188/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Parker Seona Duroux A Retrospective Case Series of Older Adults Requiring Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Surgical Theatres BJPsych Open |
| title | A Retrospective Case Series of Older Adults Requiring Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Surgical Theatres |
| title_full | A Retrospective Case Series of Older Adults Requiring Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Surgical Theatres |
| title_fullStr | A Retrospective Case Series of Older Adults Requiring Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Surgical Theatres |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Retrospective Case Series of Older Adults Requiring Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Surgical Theatres |
| title_short | A Retrospective Case Series of Older Adults Requiring Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in Surgical Theatres |
| title_sort | retrospective case series of older adults requiring electroconvulsive therapy ect in surgical theatres |
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