Chittaranjan Andrade, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychopharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore - 560 029.
Indian J Psychiatry. 1993 Apr;35(2):81-6.
A questionnaire on ECT, tapping attitudes, opinions and usage, was mailed to all medical members of the Indian Psychiatric Society whose addresses were known; 263 (28.8%) responded. This paper, the second in a series that presents the results of the survey, describes the practical administration of ECT. Specific issues discussed are the availability of a cardiopulmonary resuscitation kit, ECT premedication, the ECT device, certain aspects of ECT stimulation, the electrode placement during ECT, administration of multiple ECT during a single treatment session and monitoring of the seizure duration. It is concluded that, in many respects, the practical administration of ECT in India in suboptimal; further research is required in certain areas.
我们向印度精神病学会的所有医学成员邮寄了一份关于电休克治疗的问卷，调查他们的态度、意见和使用情况，其中 263 人（占 28.8%）做出了回应。这是该调查结果系列报告的第二篇，本文描述了电休克治疗的实际操作。本文讨论了一些具体问题，包括心肺复苏设备的可用性、电休克治疗前用药、电休克设备、电休克刺激的某些方面、电休克治疗过程中的电极放置、单次治疗过程中多次电休克治疗的实施以及对抽搐持续时间的监测。结论认为，在许多方面，印度的电休克治疗实际操作并不理想；某些领域还需要进一步研究。
