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ECT assessment
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1ECT is effective in the following disorders:
- AMajor Depressive Disorder
- BSchizophrenia, catatonic features
- CBipolar Mania
- DParkinson's Disease
- EAll of the above
2The following are standard care in ECT practice:
- APre-treatment work-up including physical exam and EKG
- BPretreatment work-up including an EEG
- CIntratreatment monitoring of EEG and EKG
- DA and C
- EAll of the above
3Cognitive side-effects associated with ECT include:
- APostictal confusion and disorientation
- BPostictal delirium
- CAnterograde and retrograde amnesia
- DAutobiographical memory loss
- EA, b and c
- FAll of the above
4The following physiological changes may occur during the course of an ECT treatment:
- AHypertension
- BHypotension
- CTachycardia
- DDiaphoresis
- Ea, b and c
- FAll of the above
5An individual's seizure threshold is typycally determined
- Aby a mathematical formula based on age and sex of the patient
- Bby administering successive stimulation with increasing joules until a seizure occurs during the initial treatment
- Cif the treating physician deems it necessary
- Din order to titrate the energy dose to ensure maximum efficiacy and minimum cognitive side-effects
- Eb and c
- FAll of the above
6Determinates of seizure threshold include:
- AAge
- BSex
- CElectrode placement
- DAnesthetic agent
- EAll of the above
- FNone of the above
7The best predictor of an effective ECT treatment is:
- ATotal seizure duration
- BHypotension during the seizure
- CLack of postictal bradycardia
- DThe degree of post-ictal seizure suppression
- Ea, b, and c
- Fd only
8The characteristics of induction agents are:
- Amethohexitol - short acting, least effect on seizure threshold
- Bpropofol - anti-emetic, lower incidience of emergence delirium, raises seizure threshold
- Cketamine - lowers seizure threshold, may reduce cogntive problems because its an NMDA antagonist
- Da and c
- Eall of the above
9Pretreatment use of atropine or glycopyrolate prevents
- Aa centrally mediated vagal discharge and asystole immediately follwing electrical stimulation
- Bsalivary secretions and potential aspiration pneumonia
- Cpost-ictal bradycardia
- DTransient increases in intracranial pressure
- Ea, b and c
- FAll of the above
10Nondominant unilateral ECT is an effective as bilateral ECT
- Aat an energy dose slightly above seizure threshold
- Bat an energy dose 5 to 6 times seizure threshold
- Cwith equivalent cognitive effects but a shorter treatment course
- DWith less cogntive effects but a longer treatment course
- Ea and c
- Fb and d
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- J.Corey Williams
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