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Electroconvulsive therapy for catatonia resulting in cardiac arrest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2006

C. Bailey ,
R. Venn ,
S. Panayiotou ,
E. Chojnowska ,
C. Gorst-Unsworth ,
R. Cavanagh ,
G. Caldwell  and
S. Wong
C. Bailey
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Worthing and Southlands Hospital, West Sussex, UK
R. Venn
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Worthing and Southlands Hospital, West Sussex, UK
S. Panayiotou
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Worthing and Southlands Hospital, West Sussex, UK
E. Chojnowska
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Worthing and Southlands Hospital, West Sussex, UK
C. Gorst-Unsworth
Affiliation:
West Sussex Health and Social Care NHS Trust Swandean, West Sussex, UK
R. Cavanagh
Affiliation:
West Sussex Health and Social Care NHS Trust Swandean, West Sussex, UK
G. Caldwell
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine Worthing and Southlands Hospital, West Sussex, UK
S. Wong
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine Worthing and Southlands Hospital, West Sussex, UK
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 23 , Issue 9 , September 2006 , pp. 812 - 814
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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