Measuring Electroencephalographic Seizure Adequacy During Electroconvulsive Therapy
| Autor: | Bangalore N. Gangadhar, Ranganath D. Rattehalli, Jagadisha Thirthalli, Clive E Adams, Vikram Singh Rawat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Psychosis medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Neurological disorder Neuropsychological Tests Audiology Electroencephalography Electrocardiography Young Adult Electroconvulsive therapy Seizures Terminology as Topic Convulsion medicine Humans Young adult Electroconvulsive Therapy Psychiatry Monitoring Physiologic medicine.diagnostic_test Mental Disorders medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Inter-rater reliability Schizophrenia Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of ECT. 25:243-245 |
| ISSN: | 1095-0680 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/yct.0b013e3181a09d4d |
| Popis: | The second edition of The ECT Handbook of the Royal College of Psychiatrists gives importance to the pattern of electroencephalographic (EEG) seizure rather than to the duration for measuring seizure adequacy. We examined the potential effect of this change in definition by estimating the restimulation rates in electroconvulsive therapy. The new definition of EEG seizure was applied to 102 computerized EEG recordings obtained during electroconvulsive therapy sessions in an academic institute in India. The EEGs were read by 2 independent researchers blind to each other's ratings and blind to the motor seizure status. All 41 seizures considered "adequate" by the old definition also satisfied the new definition. Only 1 (2%) of the 58 "inadequate" seizures by the old definition was found to be adequate by the new definition. We had a very good interrater agreement on this reclassification (kappa = 0.86). In this sample, a seizure with polyspikes and a 3-Hz activity (new definition) tended to last longer than 25 seconds (old definition), satisfying both definitions. An estimated 2% of the patients with adequate seizures could have been restimulated during the study period. |
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