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Placement of an implantable venous access device for use in maintenance ECT
T B Mackenzie1, J Thurston, L Rogers
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA.
Convulsive Therapy
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
Achieving intravenous (i.v.) access prior to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be painful and time consuming. It may contribute to premature discontinuation of therapy. The authors report a novel method of ensuring i.v. access in a patient receiving maintenance ECT who developed an aversion to needle sticks. A Port-A-Cath P.A.S. vascular access catheter, placed in her left forearm, has been used for > 30 treatments without complication.