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Article: Stimulus dose titration for electroconvulsive therapy

TitleStimulus dose titration for electroconvulsive therapy
Authors
KeywordsElectroconvulsive therapy
Seizure threshold
Stimulus dose titration
Issue Date2001
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Asia. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/PCN
Citation
Psychiatry And Clinical Neurosciences, 2001, v. 55 n. 2, p. 105-110 How to Cite?
AbstractStimulus dose titration for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the method to determine seizure threshold accurately, has not been commonly practiced. We describe our early experience of dose titration in 22 Chinese patients and compare seizure thresholds measured by dose titration with values predicted by the formula-based 'half-age' method. Seizure thresholds, as measured by dose titration, varied fourfold among our sample and the average value was 105.5 mC or 16.7 J. At the titration session, 27% of patients had seizures after a single stimulation and 37% had seizures after two stimulations. Only one patient required four stimulations to induce a seizure. No patient had significant adverse events associated with the dose titration procedure. The 'half-age' method in average overestimated seizure thresholds by 44% when compared with that measured by dose titration and in 23% of our sample, the overestimation was more than 100%. The pros and cons of dose titration and 'half-age' prediction method will be discussed. Our early experience suggests that dose titration could be performed in the majority of patients receiving ECT.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81680
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2023 Impact Factor: 5.0
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.250
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dc.contributor.authorChung, KFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, SJen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T08:20:43Z-
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dc.date.issued2001en_HK
dc.identifier.citationPsychiatry And Clinical Neurosciences, 2001, v. 55 n. 2, p. 105-110en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1323-1316en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/81680-
dc.description.abstractStimulus dose titration for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the method to determine seizure threshold accurately, has not been commonly practiced. We describe our early experience of dose titration in 22 Chinese patients and compare seizure thresholds measured by dose titration with values predicted by the formula-based 'half-age' method. Seizure thresholds, as measured by dose titration, varied fourfold among our sample and the average value was 105.5 mC or 16.7 J. At the titration session, 27% of patients had seizures after a single stimulation and 37% had seizures after two stimulations. Only one patient required four stimulations to induce a seizure. No patient had significant adverse events associated with the dose titration procedure. The 'half-age' method in average overestimated seizure thresholds by 44% when compared with that measured by dose titration and in 23% of our sample, the overestimation was more than 100%. The pros and cons of dose titration and 'half-age' prediction method will be discussed. Our early experience suggests that dose titration could be performed in the majority of patients receiving ECT.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Asia. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/PCNen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofPsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciencesen_HK
dc.subjectElectroconvulsive therapyen_HK
dc.subjectSeizure thresholden_HK
dc.subjectStimulus dose titrationen_HK
dc.titleStimulus dose titration for electroconvulsive therapyen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailChung, KF: kfchung@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.1440-1819.2001.00795.xen_HK
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