Convulsive threshold differences in right unilateral and bilateral ECT
| Autor: | Shirley Austin, Frank E. Shelp, W. Vaughn McCall, Richard D. Weiner, Judy Norris |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Head size medicine.medical_specialty Bipolar Disorder Dose titration medicine.medical_treatment Stimulus (physiology) Head measurements Electroconvulsive therapy medicine Humans Dominance Cerebral Electroconvulsive Therapy Psychiatry Evoked Potentials Electrode placement Biological Psychiatry Aged Depressive Disorder Convulsive threshold Electroencephalography Middle Aged Frontal Lobe Treatment Outcome Anesthesia Schizophrenia Female Schizophrenic Psychology Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Biological Psychiatry. 34:606-611 |
| ISSN: | 0006-3223 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0006-3223(93)90152-4 |
| Popis: | This study examines how the convulsive threshold in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) varies with electrode placement (bilateral [BL] versus right unilateral [RUL], age, gender, weight, and the nasion-inion measurements of the head. Method : Twenty-eight subjects underwent stimulus dose titration to determine the convulsive threshold. Titration was accomplished for each subject with both electrode placements during the first and second ECT in a balanced design. Head measurements were made prior to the first ECT. Results indicated that the convulsive threshold was higher for BL than RUL, higher for men than women, increased with age, and increased with an increasing nasion-inion measurement in women but not in men. We concluded that the convulsive threshold varies according to the choice of electrode placement, gender, and age as has been reported by others. We additionally report that the convulsive threshold increases with increasing head size as reflected in the nasion-inion distance. |
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