What is twitchless electroconvulsive therapy

No twitch electroconvulsive therapy is a treatment method in which the patient is put to sleep under general anesthesia and given inotropic agents and oxygen, and then the brain is given a transient stimulus that causes a widespread electroencephalographic seizure in the cerebral cortex (seizure time is usually within 20 seconds to 3 minutes), so that the brain nerve cells release chemicals to restore normal brain function and achieve control of mental symptoms.

Indications: 1, major depression, including one-way depression, bipolar depression, delusional depression and secondary depression such as post-stroke depression 2, acute episodes of mania 3, schizophrenia, especially some acute patients or the presence of affective symptoms, catatonic patients 4, schizophrenia-like and schizoaffective disorders 5, certain affective and psychotic symptoms of organic diseases 6, delirium states secondary to many physical diseases 7. Malignant syndrome 8, Parkinson’s There is no agreement on the absolute contraindications and relative contraindications to treatment of tic-free electroconvulsive disorder.

Contraindications: pheochromocytoma, intracranial occupying lesions, cerebrovascular accident within 3 months, other diseases with increased intracranial pressure, myocardial infarction within 3 months, brain surgery within 3 months, and abdominal aortic aneurysm Relative contraindications: even more varied Most believe that angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, pacemaker, glaucoma, retinal detachment, severe fracture sparing, severe fracture, thrombophlebitis, severe pulmonary disease and early pregnancy.