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Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:880-881
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association

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ECT-induced postictal delirium and electrode placement

I Leechuy, R Abrams and J Kohlhaas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, IL 60064.

The authors report eight instances of ECT-induced postictal (emergence) delirium that occurred after bilateral ECT, right unilateral ECT, or left unilateral ECT. They conclude that postictal delirium is a random phenomenon unrelated to lateralized hemispheric mechanisms.




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