Electro-Convulsive Therapy with Minimum Hazard

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1982 English Publisher:Royal College of PsychiatristsJournal:British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 141, pages 12-18 (issn: 0007-1250, eissn: 1472-1465,

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Authors: D, Gordon;

doi: 10.1192/bjp.141.1.12

pmid: 7116050

Electro-Convulsive Therapy with Minimum Hazard

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Abstract

SummaryThe inter-electrode resistance during ECT is shown to be very variable, a finding which invalidates the measurement of shocks in joules. With square wave pulses of selected current value the threshold for convulsion may be below 100 milliamperes or above 2,000 milliamperes. It is advisable to measure the current value during millisecond pulses with relatively long intervals between.

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Keywords

Electrophysiology, Risk, Humans, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Electrodes

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