Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2013
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Case Reports in Psychiatry
Volume
2013
Issue
Article ID 840425, 4 pages
DOI of Original Publication
10.1155/2013/840425
Date of Submission
August 2014
Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is effective in the treatment of depression. Delayed post-ECT delirium is rare but can occur in a small subset of patients with risk factors and in most cases resolves with the use of psychotropic medications. We report a unique presentation of a patient who developed a delayed post-ECT delirium with fecal incontinence that commenced 24 hours after the administration of ECT. The condition resolved spontaneously after 48 hours without the use of psychotropic medications.
Rights
Copyright © 2013 Sameer Hassamal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Is Part Of
VCU Psychiatry Publications
Comments
Originally published at
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/840425