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Factors Affecting Electroconvulsive Therapy Ictal Outcomes: Duration and Postictal Suppression.
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- Anaesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy: The perspectives of anaesthesiologists and psychiatrists in Brazil.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Association between serum concentrations of psychotropic drugs and seizure quality during ECT treatment.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Factors Predicting Ictal Quality in Bilateral Electroconvulsive Therapy Sessions.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Biophysical mechanisms of electroconvulsive therapy-induced volume expansion in the medial temporal lobe: A longitudinal in vivo human imaging study.Brain stimulationArticle
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Abstract
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective and rapid treatment for severe depression, however predictors of therapeutic outcomes remain insufficiently understood. Ictal duration and postictal suppression are two outcomes that may be correlated with patient response, yet patient and treatment variables which may influence these outcomes have not been thoroughly explored. We collected ECT stimulus metrics, EEG parameters, patient demographics, primary diagnosis, and anesthesia type for retrospective ECTs. Univariate and multivariate mixed-effects linear regression models were used to identify variables associated with ictal duration and postictal suppression index. For both outcomes, multivariate models which included all variables resulted in the best fit, reflecting the complex influences of a variety of factors on the ictal response. These results are an important step forward in elucidating patterns in retrospective ECT clinical data which may lead to new clinical knowledge of modifiable factors to optimize ECT treatment outcomes.
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