A successful electroconvulsive treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 75 (3) , 237-239
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1987.tb02782.x
Abstract
A case of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) treated successfully with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is described. Repeated exposures of the patients to succinylcholine during ECT did not cause malignant hyperthermia. The efficacy of ECT is probably related to its facilitatory effect upon dopamine (DA) activity in CNS.Keywords
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