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Publications [#135973] of Andrew D Krystal

Papers Published

  1. RD Weiner, AD Krystal, The present use of electroconvulsive therapy., Annual review of medicine, UNITED STATES, vol. 45 (1994), pp. 273-81, ISSN 0066-4219
    (last updated on 2004/06/11)

    Abstract:
    Physicians attempting to treat certain severe mental disorders have recently shown renewed interest in electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). A number of technical innovations have made ECT safer, as well as more effective. These innovations include oxygenation, muscular relaxation, unilateral nondominant electrode placement, use of brief-pulse stimuli, titrated stimulus dosing, electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring, determination of seizure adequacy, and pharmacologic enhancement of treatment response.

    Keywords:
    Electroconvulsive Therapy* • Electroencephalography • Humans • Mental Disorders • Seizures • adverse effects • methods • physiopathology • therapy*