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SUBMITTER: Loo CK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4368876 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loo Colleen K CK Katalinic Natalie N Smith Deirdre J DJ Ingram Anna A Dowling Nathan N Martin Donel D Addison Kerryn K Hadzi-Pavlovic Dusan D Simpson Brett B Schweitzer Isaac I
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology 20141205 1
<h4>Background</h4>Some studies suggest better overall outcomes when right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy (RUL ECT) is given with an ultrabrief, rather than brief, pulse width.<h4>Methods</h4>The aim of the study was to test if ultrabrief-pulse RUL ECT results in less cognitive side effects than brief- pulse RUL ECT, when given at doses which achieve comparable efficacy. One hundred and two participants were assigned to receive ultrabrief (at 8 times seizure threshold) or brief (at 5 times ...[more]