A review of ultrabrief pulse width electroconvulsive therapy
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A review of ultrabrief pulse width electroconvulsive therapy.
The effect of shortening the pulse width of the electrical stimulus when administering electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has recently been systematically studied with promising results. This review examines reported outcomes from three randomized controlled trials which compared ultrabrief (≤0.3 ms) with brief (0.5-1.5 ms) pulse width ECT, and other recent clinical trials of ultrabrief pulse widt...
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2040-6223,2040-6231
DOI: 10.1177/2040622311432493