%0 Journal Article
%T Thiopental is better than propofol for electroconvulsive therapy
%A Alberto Zangrillo
%A Barbara Barbini
%A Cristina Colombo
%A Dario Delmonte
%A Giovanni Landoni
%A Giuseppina Maria Casiraghi
%A Laura Pasin
%A Massimiliano Nuzzi
%A Ornella Sottocorna
%J Archive of "Acta Bio Medica : Atenei Parmensis".
%D 2017
%R 10.23750/abm.v88i4.6094
%X electroconvulsive therapy is a psychiatric procedure requiring general anesthesia. The choice of the hypnotic agent is important because the success of the intervention is associated to the occurrence and duration of motor convulsion. However, all available anesthetic agents have anti-convulsant activity. We compared the effect of thiopental and propofol on seizures
%K electroconvulsive therapy
%K seizure
%K propofol
%K thiopental
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6166177/