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Intravenous verapamil blunts hyperdynamic responses during electroconvulsive therapy without altering seizure
Zen'ichiro Wajima1, Tatsusuke Yoshikawa, Akira Ogura
1Department of Anesthesia, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba, Japan. HFB01245@nifty.com
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|July 30, 2002
Abstract
Implications:
A dose of 0.1 mg/kg of verapamil, administered immediately before anesthesia, significantly reduces the increase in peak heart rate and mean arterial blood pressure after electroconvulsive therapy. Furthermore, the administration of verapamil does not reduce the duration of the seizure.