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Does Electrophysiology Really Have to Reprogram My Patient’s Pacemaker Prior to Electroconvulsive Therapy?

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A new hire fresh out of residency, Dr. Jacobs was assigned to cover the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) service for the morning. Despite never having done this during her training, she was confident in her ability to manage the brief period of general anesthesia required for each case. “Really,” she thought, “How complicated could it be?”

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  1. Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychiatry, The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Ethan O. Bryson

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  1. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Corey S. Scher

  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Anna Clebone

  3. Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology (Emeritus), Former Assistant Director of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center Retired from Department of Anesthesiology, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Sanford M. Miller

  4. Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Surgery, Bellevue Hospital Center, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, New York, New York, USA

    J. David Roccaforte

  5. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine, Vice Chair Faculty Promotion Associate Director Anesthesia Service Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, New York, USA

    Levon M. Capan

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Bryson, E.O. (2017). Does Electrophysiology Really Have to Reprogram My Patient’s Pacemaker Prior to Electroconvulsive Therapy?. In: Scher, C., Clebone, A., Miller, S., Roccaforte, J., Capan, L. (eds) You’re Wrong, I’m Right. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43169-7_10

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