Effect of age and anticonvulsants on seizure threshold during bilateral electroconvulsive therapy with brief-pulse stimulus: A chart-based analysis

Background: Efficacy and adverse effects of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) depend on the extent to which the electrical stimulus exceeds patients' seizure thresholds (STs). Titration method of estimating ST is recommended. Age and co-prescribed anticonvulsants (ACs) are known to affect ST. Literatu...

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Principais autores:	Abhishek R. Nitturkar, Preeti Sinha, Virupakshappa I. Bagewadi, Jagadisha Thirthalli
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-04-01
coleção:	Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Assuntos:	anticonvulsants benzodiazepines bilateral electroconvulsive therapy brief-pulse electroconvulsive therapy seizure threshold
Acesso em linha:	https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/0019-5545.183792
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