Stuck on You: Chewing Gum Adherent to the Oral Airway in Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT).

J ECT

From the Departments of *Psychiatry and †Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

Published: June 2015

We present a case in which a piece of chewing gum was discovered adhering to the oral airway when it was removed after an ECT procedure. We suggest that careful examination of the patient's mouth for foreign objects be a standard part of the pre-ECT protocol.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCT.0000000000000191DOI Listing

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