The largest Lyapunov exponent of the EEG during ECT seizures as a measure of ECT seizure adequacy

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 599-606

  Krystal, Andrew D ^a,b   Zaidman, Craig ^a   Greenside, Henry S ^b   Weiner, Richard D ^a,c   Coffey, C Edward ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

ECT; EEG; Lyapunov exponent; Seizure adequacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031457218     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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