Post-ECT Cognitive Defect and Elevation of Blood Pressure
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 135 (1) , 77-78
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.135.1.77
Abstract
Summary: There is evidence that ECT causes a breakdown of the blood-brain barrier through the rise of blood pressure it induces. Using the Benton test of cognitive function the day before and three hours after ECT treatment in 27 depressed patients, impairment of function was highly correlated with the maximum rise of systolic BP during the treatment.Keywords
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