Electroconvulsive Therapy Clinics in the United Kingdom Should Routinely Monitor Electroencephalographic Seizures

Journal of ECT

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-220

  Benbow, Susan M ^a,d   Benbow, Jen ^b   Tomenson, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Dorothy Pattison Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroconvulsive therapy; Monitoring; Seizure duration; Seizure threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; SEIZURE; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CONFUSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347511823     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00124509-200312000-00007     Document Type: Article

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