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[Case report: electroconvulsive therapy during pregnancy].

B Gilot1, D Gonzalez, J A Bournazeau

  • 1Service de Psychiatrie d'Adultes, CHU G. Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand.

L'Encephale
|February 11, 2000
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) effectively treated severe depression in a pregnant patient, but a rare fetal complication raises safety concerns for psychiatric treatment during pregnancy.

Area of Science:

  • Perinatology
  • Psychiatry
  • Obstetrics

Background:

  • Treatment of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy presents significant challenges.
  • A 28-year-old pregnant patient presented with severe depressive disorder, agitation, and psychotic symptoms.

Observation:

  • Initial pharmacologic treatments (clomipramine, phenothiazine) were ineffective.
  • Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was administered with comprehensive maternal-fetal monitoring in a surgical-obstetrical setting.
  • Nine ECT sessions rapidly resolved psychiatric symptoms without immediate maternal or fetal adverse effects.

Findings:

  • ECT demonstrated rapid and complete remission of severe depressive and psychotic symptoms in pregnancy.
  • A rare fetal complication, vascular meconium peritonitis leading to neonatal death, occurred post-delivery.

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  • The potential link between ECT and the fatal fetal outcome warrants further investigation.

    • Implications:

    • ECT may be a viable, rapid-acting treatment for severe psychiatric disorders in pregnancy.
    • The case highlights the critical need for extensive research into the safety and risks of ECT during pregnancy.
    • Further case reports are essential to establish definitive safety guidelines for ECT in pregnant populations.