Posted by SLS on June 16, 2014, at 7:30:51
In reply to Re: help with interpreting a Pubmed article » poser938, posted by SLS on June 16, 2014, at 7:22:02
> This is an article that reviews an array of clinical studies. It is the conclusion of the review that ultra-brief pulse ECT (both unilateral and bilateral) is less effective than brief pulse ECT.
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> I would discuss this with your doctors and come to an agreement as to if and when to cross over to brief pulse ECT.It may be that it is the clinical experience of your doctors that the reduction in cognitive side effects associated with ultra-brief pulse ECT is worth the longer course of treatment that seems to be necessary with this method.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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