ICTAL EEG REGULARITY DECLINES DURING A COURSE OF RUL ECT

Authors
MCCALL WV COLENDA CC FARAH BA
Citation
Wv. Mccall et al., ICTAL EEG REGULARITY DECLINES DURING A COURSE OF RUL ECT, Convulsive therapy, 12(4), 1996, pp. 213-216
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
Convulsive therapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
07498055
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
213 - 216
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-8055(1996)12:4<213:IERDDA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Twenty depressed patients (4 men, 16 women; mean age 67 years) receive d right unilateral (RUL) electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The ictal el ectroencephalogram (Fp1-Al) was blindly rated on a 7-point scale for r egularity of morphology at treatments two, four, and six. Seizure regu larity declined during the course of ECT.