CASE REPORTS
MODIFIED ECT USING SUCCINYLCHOLINE FOLLOWED BY PROLONGED APNEA
W. HAMELBERG M.D.1
1 Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Medical College Hosp., Charleston, S. C.
A case of prolonged apnea following a small dose of intravenous succinylcholine is reported. Attention is directed to the numerous possible etiological factors which might account for the production of prolonged succinylcholine apnea.
