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Sicherheits- und Nebenwirkungsprofil der EKT

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Elektrokonvulsionstherapie kompakt

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Patienten, bei denen die Durchführung einer Elektrokonvulsionstherapie indiziert ist, leiden meistens an einer schweren therapieresistenten psychiatrischen Erkrankung. Jedoch sollte wie bei anderen Therapieformen eine detaillierte Nutzen-Risiko-Analyse individuell für jeden Patienten durchgeführt werden. Eine umfassende Aufklärung des Patienten, von dessen Angehörigen und des gesetzlichen Betreuers muss innerhalb juristischer Vorgaben erfolgen und das Verhältnis von Wirkung zur Nebenwirkungen berücksichtigen. Die Elektrokonvulsionstherapie gilt heutzutage als sicheres Verfahren. Dennoch können, wie auch bei jedem anderen Therapieverfahren, Nebenwirkungen auftreten. Im vorliegenden Kapitel wird über mögliche akute und persistierende Nebenwirkungen und als Sonderstellung über die kognitiven Nebenwirkungen durch die Elektrokonvulsionstherapie berichtet.

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Kayser, S. et al. (2013). Sicherheits- und Nebenwirkungsprofil der EKT. In: Grözinger, M., Conca, A., Nickl-Jockschat, T., Di Pauli, J. (eds) Elektrokonvulsionstherapie kompakt. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25629-5_7

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