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TWILIGHT SLEEP PREMEDICATION IN EST

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.119.11.1095

The patient's acceptance of EST is greatly facilitated by twilight sleep premedication. Light twilight sleep is readily induced by scopolamine and a barbiturate, which are administered about one hour before EST.

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