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Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy in a patient at risk from acute intermittent porphyria

British Journal of Anaesthesia (1998) 80(2) 260-262
DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.2.260
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A severely depressed 57-yr-old woman at risk from acute intermittent porphyria presented for a course of electroconvulsive therapy. With propofol as the induction agent the course of electroconvulsive therapy was both uneventful and successful.

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Shaw, I. H., & Mckeith, I. G. (1998). Propofol and electroconvulsive therapy in a patient at risk from acute intermittent porphyria. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 80(2), 260–262. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/80.2.260

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