The efficacy of ultrabrief-pulse (0.25 millisecond) versus brief-pulse (0.50 millisecond) bilateral electroconvulsive therapy in major depression

Journal of ECT

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-58

  Niemantsverdriet, Lotte ^a   Birkenhäger, Tom K ^a   Van Den Broek, Walter W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

depression; efficacy; electroconvulsive therapy; ultrabrief pulse width

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ETOMIDATE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PULSE BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRABRIEF PULSE BILATERAL ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952152638     PISSN: 10950680     EISSN: 15334112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0b013e3181da8412     Document Type: Article

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