Electroconvulsive therapy, personal protective equipment and aerosol generating procedures: a review to guide practice during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Australas Psychiatry
; 28(6): 632-635, 2020 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-760444
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To review the literature on the definition of aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs), identify high-risk AGPs, guidelines to use personal protective equipment (PPE) and review evidence to see if electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a high-risk AGP requiring the use of PPE.METHODS:
Existing guidelines and research data were reviewed to answer the questions.RESULTS:
There is consensus about the type of anaesthesia used during ECT, what constitutes AGPs and what PPE should be used. It was not clear if ECT was an AGP, but we argue that it is one based on evidence.CONCLUSION:
We conclude that ECT is an AGP and that it requires the appropriate use of PPE after taking in to account local supply and demand.Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Practice Patterns, Physicians'
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Occupational Exposure
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Coronavirus Infections
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Electroconvulsive Therapy
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Pandemics
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Personal Protective Equipment
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Australas Psychiatry
Journal subject:
Psychiatry
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
1039856220953699
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