title: Increased Incidence of Missed Seizures During ECT in the Elderly Male.
abstract: Monitoring seizure length is an important addition to the clinical practice of ECT. Without monitoring, undetected missed seizures may occur. In a retrospective study of ECT treatments for a sample of 58 patients with a DSM-III diagnosis of major depression, significantly more missed seizures (p < 0.05) occurred in the elderly males.
authors.affiliation: Carrier Foundation, Belle Mead, and UMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Helen M.
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pettinati
authors.forename: Stephani M.
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nilsen