An audit of electroconvulsive therapy.
OBJECTIVE
To audit five years experience with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).


METHODS
Retrospectively audit the case records of all patients receiving ECT from 1981 to 1985. This enabled us to compare our clinical practise with published guidelines for optimal use of ECT.


RESULTS
Review 486 courses of ECT yielded a total of 3936 treatments. The audit identified several areas of clinical practise which do not comply with recommended standards for ECT.
Hillcrest Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia.
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Ormond
D003625:Data Collection; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008485:Medical Audit; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013021:South Australia