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A protocol to augment ECT seizure duration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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The presence of a generalised seizure is necessary, although not sufficient, for effective ECT. Awareness of this has led to a widespread practice of documenting not only the occurrence but also the duration of seizures; a minimum duration of 25 seconds has been suggested (Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989). Yet even the most recent surveys of practice have shown that on most occasions when a seizure is brief or absent the treating doctor does nothing about it (Scott et al, 1989; Pippard, 1992).
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