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Elongation of pulse width as an augmentation strategy in electroconvulsive therapy

Inducing adequate therapeutic seizures during electroconvulsive therapy is sometimes difficult, even at the maximum stimulus charge, due to a high seizure threshold. Here, we describe two patients with very poor seizure responses at the maximum charge using conventional stimulus parameters in whom r...

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Autores principales: Kawashima, Hirotsugu, Suwa, Taro, Murai, Toshiya, Yoshioka, Ryuichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25364255
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S67121