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Post-Hypoglycaemic Encephalopathy in Sakel's Insulin Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

A. M. Spencer*
Affiliation:
Joint Counties Mental Hospital, Carmarthen

Extract

Introduced in 1933, Sakel's pharmacological shock treatment [Sakel (1935a, 1935b, 1938)] is now regarded as a valuable method of treatment in schizophrenia. The complications which may ensue during the treatment are, however, both numerous and dangerous, and may be classified according to the system predominantly affected as follows:

  1. (1) The Respiratory System.

  2. (2) The Cardiovascular System.

  3. (3) The Nervous System.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1948 

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