From the *Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and †Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Bay Pines, FL.
J ECT. 2013 Dec;29(4):e55-6. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e31829a01b2.
Treatment-resistant psychiatric illness poses a clinical challenge to psychiatrists in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Although electroconvulsive therapy is a relatively safe option for the treatment of these patients, initiation of this treatment requires a conscientious discussion of the risks and benefits of the procedure to obtain informed consent. The 2 cases presented here describe transient anosmia, a seldom reported but potentially significant adverse effect of electroconvulsive therapy.
治疗抵抗性精神疾病给住院和门诊环境中的精神科医生带来了临床挑战。虽然电抽搐治疗是治疗这些患者的相对安全选择，但开始这种治疗需要认真讨论该程序的风险和益处，以获得知情同意。这里介绍的 2 个病例描述了短暂性嗅觉丧失，这是电抽搐治疗很少报道但可能很重要的不良反应。
