Electroconvulsive therapy, personal protective equipment and aerosol generating procedures: a review to guide practice during Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

CONCLUSION: We conclude that ECT is an AGP and that it requires the appropriate use of PPE after taking in to account local supply and demand.
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Source: Australasian Psychiatry - September 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Purushothaman S, Fung D, Reinders J, Garett-Walcott S, Buda M, Moudgil V, Emmerson B Tags: Australas Psychiatry Source Type: research