Serial Dexamethasone Suppression Tests and Clinical Outcome in ECT
作者:
Max,
Fink Krishnareddy,
Gujavarty Lawrence,
期刊:
Convulsive Therapy
(OVID Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 3,
issue 2
页码: 111-120
ISSN:0749-8055
年代: 1987
出版商: OVID
关键词: Electroconvulsive therapy;Depressive disorder;Cortisol;Dexamethasone, diagnostic use;Dexamethasone suppression tests, serial;Outcome
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Serial dexamethasone suppression tests (DST), obtained during a course of electroconvulsive therapy in 43 severely depressed patients, did not exhibit relationships between the initial DST, final DST, or the change in DST with clinical outcome measures at the time of discharge. In 37 patients reviewed six months after discharge, no relationship with the continuation of improvement, rehospitalization, or suicide was found. We are unable to confirm a clinical application for the DST in the management of patients during a course of convulsive therapy.
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