ECT stimulus dose dependence on current separately from charge

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• 作者：Conrad Melton Swartz ; Robert Krohmer ; Nikolaus Michael
• 关键词：Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) ; Threshold ; Dose
• 刊名：Psychiatry Research
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：30 June, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：198
• 期：1
• 页码：164-165
• 全文大小：122 K

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Bilateral electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) seizure threshold charge averaged 162.8 and 125.1 mC at 900 and 1150 mA, respectively (p < 0.02), measured in randomized balanced order (N = 18). Results are consistent with stimulus dose strongly depending on current besides charge, rather than charge alone. ECT stimuli of differing currents but equal charge differ in dose.