Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Hyperventilation and ECT Seizure Duration: Effects on Cerebral Oxygen Saturation, and Therapeutic Outcome With Comparisons Between Etomidate and Ketamine in Patients With
Brief Summary: This is a randomized controlled study assessing the effect of pre-emptive hyperventilation on ECT seizure duration, cerebral desaturation and remission of depressive symptoms in patients with Major Depressive Disorder. Comparison of etomidate and ketamine on remission of depressive symptoms with and without pre-emptive hyperventilation will also be studied.