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Anaesthesia and Ect
Literature analysis What does the literature say about the selection of an induction agent for ECT? It is in fact a very difficult question since most of the studies are of limited benefit because of their study design in terms of outcome measurements. While seizure duration is helpful, it is by no means the best measure of ECT outcomes. Another problem is that most studies use methohexitone as...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-2409
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.0716a.x