Relationships between seizure duration and seizure threshold and stimulus dosage at electroconvulsive therapy: Implications for electroconvulsive therapy practice

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 521-526

  Chung, Ka Fai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Seizure duration; Seizure threshold; Stimulus dose titration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036791656     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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