Overview

Use of Ketamine vs Methohexital for Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) on Patient Recovery and Re-orientation Time

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2013-03-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

When undergoing ECT treatments, patient recovery time and re-orientation time may be shorter using ketamine for induction than using methohexital.

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

University of New Mexico

Treatments:

Ketamine
Methohexital

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- All patients eligible for ECT with a primary mood disorder (bipolar disorder, major
depressive disorder) will be eligible to participate in this study. - Patients must
have decisional capacity and must be able to consent for this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients with a primary psychotic disorder (schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder);
patients designated as having an American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) Status of
greater than 3;

- patients with a known allergic reactions to methohexital , ketamine and
succinylcholine;

- patients with current or previous history of aneurysms, intracranial bleeds, or
intracranial hypertension;

- patients with uncontrolled severe hypertension.