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8872404

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-23
pubmed:abstractText
Three patients had exceptionally high seizure threshold, as determined by an empirical titration procedure. Initial seizure threshold was 896 mC in two of the patients. The third patient had an initial threshold of 336 mC that increased to 840 mC at the end of the course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and remained elevated during a second course of ECT. All three patients were elderly men with complicated medical histories and ongoing low-dose benzodiazepine use. Each patient had an excellent response to ECT delivered with a custom modified device, capable of delivering more than twice the charge of ECT devices presently commercially available in the United States. Implications for the administration of ECT in patients with exceptionally high seizure threshold and the limitations of current device output are discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0749-8055
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Exceptionally high seizure threshold: ECT device limitations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports