Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:1340-1341
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Portable electromyograph monitoring of unilateral ECT
JO Ives, LA Weaver and R Williams
The authors describe a portable electromyograph (EMG) designed for use in
monitoring unilateral ECT. Administration of muscle relaxants in
conjunction with ECT often makes it difficult to determine that an adequate
response has been elicited. The authors feel that this adaptation of the
EMG provides a useful and easy means of monitoring the presence,
bilateralism, and length of the seizure.
