Electroconvulsive Therapy Pulse Amplitude and Clinical Outcomes.
Abbott CC, Quinn D, Miller J, Ye E, Iqbal S, Lloyd M, Jones TR, Upston J, Deng Z, Erhardt E, McClintock SM.
Abbott CC, et al.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Feb;29(2):166-178. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Jun 17.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021.
PMID: 32651051
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Clinical Trial.
INTRODUCTION: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) pulse amplitude, which determines the induced electric field magnitude in the brain, is currently set at 800-900 milliamperes (mA) on modern ECT devices without any clinical or scientific rationale. ...
INTRODUCTION: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) pulse amplitude, which determines the induced electric field magnitude in the brain, is curren …