Initial seizure threshold in bilateral electroconvulsive therapy
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Seizure threshold in electroconvulsive therapy: I. Initial seizure threshold.
We measured initial seizure threshold by means of a structured stimulus dosage titration procedure in a clinical sample of 111 depressed patients undergoing brief-pulse, constant-current electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Initial seizure threshold was approximately 60 millicoumbs (mc) (10 Joules) on average, but varied widely (6-fold) across patients. Initial seizure threshold was predicted by fo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0955-6036,1472-1473
DOI: 10.1192/pb.22.5.298