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Sl no | Author(s) and year | Type of study (no. of cases) | Serum lithium | Comments |
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1 | Jephcott and Kerry (1974) [28] | Case report (1) | 3.4 mEq/L | Developed somnolence and lethargy after 2nd ECT [28] |
2 | Ray (1975) [29] | Case report (1) | 0.46 mEq/L | Developed delirium after 3rd ECT [29] |
3 | Hoenig and Chaulk (1977) [30] | Case report (1) | 1.09 mEq/L | Developed severe confusion after 1st ECT [30] |
4 | Zwil et al. [31] | Case report (1) | NA | Developed confusion and cognitive impairment [31] |
5 | Remick (1978) [32] | Case report (1) | 1.0 | Developed delirium after 4th ECT [32] |
6 | Mandel et al. (1980) [33] | Case report (2) | 0.98 mEq/L and 0.60 mEq/L | (a) Developed prolonged confusion after 3rd ECT (b) Developed confusion after 2nd ECT [33] |
7 | Weiner et al. (1980) [34] | Case report (1) | 0.37 mEq/L | Developed delirium after 5th ECT [34] |
8 | Small et al. [14] | Retrospective Chart Review (25) | NA | ECT/Li patients compared with age-matched controls receiving ECT without Li. The combination group had more confusion and memory impairment on chart review [14] |
9 | De Paulo et al. [35] | Case report (1) | 0.8 mEq/L | Li started after 4th ECT—delirium ensued [35] |
10 | Ahmed and Stein (1987) [36] | Case report (1) | Normal S.Li level | Developed confusion after 2nd ECT [36] |
11 | Sartorius et al. [13] | Chart review (7) | NA | 1 patient developed prolonged disorientation after ECT [13] |
12 | Penney et al. (1990) [37] | Chart review (27) | NA | Patients in the ECT+Li groups developed more post ECT confusion than the ECT group [37] |
13 | Jha AK (1996) [38] | Retrospective case-control (31) | NA | 10% of patients developed delirium [38] |
14 | Stewart [39] | Case report (1) | NA | Developed increase in confusion while on combination of ECT and lithium [39] |
15 | Hassamal et al. (2013) [40] | Case report (1) | <0.3 mEq/L | Developed delirium after 3rd ECT [40] |
16 | Sadananda et al. (2013) [15] | Case report (1) | 0.9 mEq/L | Developed delirium after 6th ECT [15] |
17 | Hategan and Bourgeois (2014) [41] | Case report (1) | 0.3 mEq/L | Developed delirium after 1st and 2nd ECT [41] |
18 | Deuschle et al. [42] | Case report (1) | 0.12 mEq/L | Developed delirium 2 days after starting lithium after 5th ECT [42] |
19 | Patel et al. [8] | Retrospective case-control (34) | NA | 5.7% of patients developed acute delirium 2.4% of patients developed cognitive impairment [8] |
20 | Jo et al. (2021) [43] | Retrospective chart review (1) | NA | 1 of 6 patients on lithium developed acute delirium after ECT [43] |
21 | Yang et al. (2022) [44] | Case report (1) | 1.21 mEq/L | Developed delirium after 9th ECT [44] |
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