Electroconvulsive therapy side effects

adverse reaction to anesthetic agents / neuromuscularBody system of nerves and muscles that permit movement. More blocking agents

cognitionThe mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and unde... More and memory
impairment

general motor dysfunction

neurological symptoms (e.g., paresthesia, dyskinesiasTypes of uncontrolled involuntary, repetitive movements of s... More)

non-convulsive status epilepticusCurrently defined as any seizure greater than 5 minutes and ... More (a prolonged seizure that manifests primarily as altered mental status)

auditory complications

substance abuse

device malfunction (creating potential risks such as excessive dose administration)

adverse skin reactions (e.g., skin burns)

brain injury

physical trauma (i.e., if inadequate
supportive drug treatment is provided to mitigate unconscious violent movements during convulsions) including fractures, contusions, injury from falls, dental or oral injury

tardiveAppearing late, e.g. appearing late in the history of taking... seizures (potentially fatal seizures that occur after the ECT treatment is finished)

pulmonaryRelating to the lungs More complications (e.g.,
aspiration/inhalation of foreign material, pneumoniaA serious illness where infection within the lungs results i... More, hypoxiaInsufficient oxygen in the blood to support the regular func... More, respiratory obstruction such as laryngospasmA condition where the vocal cords in the throat suddenly spa... More, pulmonary embolismA condition where a blood clot gets stuck in a lung artery a... More, prolonged apneaA condition where breathing stops for 20 seconds or longer. More)

onset/exacerbation of psychiatric symptoms

homicidal tendencies

cardiac complications, including arrhythmiaAbnormal heartbeat More,
ischemiaInadequate blood supply to an organ or body part - particula... More/infarction (i.e., heart attack), acute hypertensionHigh blood pressure More, hypotensionLow blood pressure More, and strokeA life-threatening condition resulting from the supply of bl... More

dental/oral trauma

hypomanicDescribing symptoms where a person will exhibit abnormally e... More or manicDescribing behavior consisting of unstable elevated or irrit... More symptoms (e.g., treatment-emergent mania, postictal delirium or excitement)

prolonged seizures

visual disturbance

partial relief of depression enabling completed suicide

coma

falls

death