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EEG Monitored ECT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Peder Christensen  and
Ib Koldbæk
Peder Christensen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Kolding sygehus, Denmark
Ib Koldbæk
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Kolding sygehus, Denmark
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Summary

EEG monitored ECT was administered to 20 patients, 12 females and 8 males. One hundred and fifty-six treatments were given (mean 7.8 treatments/patient), and the relation between clinically observed seizures (COS) and the cerebral patterns of convulsions (EPC) was compared. If clinical observation alone had been used, restimulation would have been necessary in 43 per cent of the treatments, whereas restimulation actually was done in 9 per cent. Similarly, too violent convulsion patterns would have been ignored in 5 per cent of the treatments.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 141 , Issue 1 , July 1982 , pp. 19 - 23
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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