ECT-induced postictal delirium and electrode placement.

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I Leechuy

R Abrams

J Kohlhaas

چکیده

The authors report eight instances of ECT-induced postictal (emergence) delirium that occurred after bilateral ECT, right unilateral ECT, or left unilateral ECT. They conclude that postictal delirium is a random phenomenon unrelated to lateralized hemispheric mechanisms.

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