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Number of Complications Resulting from ECT
For reporting purposes: memory loss lasting longer than three months after final treatment; apnea must last longer than 20 minutes; deaths must occur within 24 hours of treatment
1989
Total Complications: 520, 20% of Patients
| Type of Complication |
Number |
Percent |
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Cardiac Arrest |
0 |
0 |
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Memory Loss |
498 |
95.8 |
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Fractures |
0 |
0 |
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Apnea |
22 |
4.2 |
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Deaths |
0 |
0 |
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1990
Total Complications: 656, 24.7% of Patients
| Type of Complication |
Number |
Percent |
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Cardiac Arrest |
1 |
0.2 |
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Memory Loss |
538 |
82.0 |
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Fractures |
3 |
0.5 |
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Apnea |
114 |
17.4 |
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Deaths |
0 |
0 |
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1991
Total Complications: 530, 23.5% of Patients
| Type of Complication |
Number |
Percent |
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Cardiac Arrest |
1 |
0.2 |
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Memory Loss |
510 |
96.2 |
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Fractures |
2 |
0.4 |
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Apnea |
17 |
3.2 |
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Deaths |
0 |
0 |
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1992
Total Complications: 252, 10.7% of Patients
| Type of Complication |
Number |
Percent |
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Cardiac Arrest |
2 |
0.8 |
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Memory Loss |
249 |
98.8 |
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Fractures |
0 |
0 |
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Apnea |
1 |
0.4 |
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Deaths |
0 |
0 |
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1994
Total Complications: 631, 25% of Patients
| Type of Complication |
Number |
Percent |
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Cardiac Arrest |
2 |
0.3 |
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Memory Loss |
629 |
99.7 |
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Fractures |
0 |
0 |
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Apnea |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
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Total Complications, 1989-1994
Totals: 2,589, 21% of all patients suffered complications
| Complication |
Number |
% of all patients |
% of all complications |
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Cardiac Arrest |
6 |
0.04 |
0.23 |
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Memory Loss |
2,424 |
19.7 |
93.6 |
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Fractures |
5 |
0.04 |
0.2 |
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Apnea |
154 |
1.25 |
5.9 |
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Deaths |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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