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| SOMETIMES YOU NEED MORE THAN TWO CHANNELS
Sure, recording two EEG channels describes seizure character nicely, but sometimes you need more.
Duration of heart rate elevation and peak heart rate reflect seizure quality at the brainstem, far from ECT electrodes, describing generalization of seizure activity at the accepted site of ECT action. Motor seizure activity duration less than about 18 seconds suggests attention to seizure adequacy and consideration of dose increase may be required.
And sometimes four EEG channels provides the most useful information of all.
Four channels plus digital heart rate printout---available only with Thymatron® System IV: EEG on 1, 2, or 4 channels, ECG on 1 channel, EMG on 1 channel, plus digital heart rate. You never have to use all four channels, but they are always there when you need them.
Please check this website at least once a year for the latest version of the Thymatron® User's Manual and the Somatics catalog brochure, downloadable at no cost. |
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| NEW YORK TIMES FEATURE ARTICLE ON ECT
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| What Is Brain Damage and Does Electroconvulsive Therapy Cause It?
Conrad M. Swartz, PhD, MD
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 | Somatics Product Catalog for Thymatron® |
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| Streamlined ECT |
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| ECT Dosing by the Benchmark Method
Conrad M. Swartz, M.D. |
| Several existing ECT dosing methods have been demonstrated to be clinically very effective--these include the fixed high-dose, age-based, and half-age methods (Abrams, 2002). However, no satisfactory method exists for titrating stimulus dose against a measure that is known to vary with treatment response (e.g., EEG postictal suppression), and this seminal article by Dr. Conrad Swartz presents an entirely new approach to ECT dosing that uses the patient's own response to the first ECT as arguably the most valid guide to subsequent dose adjustment. |
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| Thymatron® System IV - Instruction Manual |
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| Thymatron® System IV - Service Manual |
| Revised January, 2016
A valid Thymatron® System IV serial number is required |
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| Genie™ IV - Instruction Manual |
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 | Genie™ IV - Software |
| Computer-assisted EEG Analysis Software for Thymatron® System IV - version 6.81 |
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| EctoBrain™ II - Instruction Manual |
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