Tag Aaron Murray MD

Electroconvulsive therapy

1 What are the major indications for electroconvulsive therapy treatment? In the United States, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is used mainly to help treat patients with severe major depressive disorder, largely as a secondary treatment, after one or more trials of…

Awareness during anesthesia

1 Review the classifications of memory and awareness. Memory can be classified as implicit (unconscious memory) and explicit (conscious memory). Conscious recollection of events, including intraoperative events, would fall under the category of explicit memory. Awareness with recall (AWR) during…