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Table 2 Outcome variables in right unilateral and bifrontal treatments

From: Heart rate changes during electroconvulsive therapy

 

RUL ECT (n= 64)

BF ECT (n= 55)

p value

 

Mean ± SD

Median (range)

Mean ± SD

Median (range)

 

Peak HR (bpm)

137 ± 20

136 (88–187)

133 ± 20

134 (91–167)

0.296a

Trise (s)

12.5 ± 2.6

12.5 (6.3–17.8)

4.5 ± 3.1

3.5 (0.7–14.6)

0.000b

Tmax (s)

20.2 ± 8.8

19.1 (9.1–61.2)

21.3 ± 10.4

19.4 (0.0–60.1)

0.535b

Tbase (s)

55.8 ± 21.7

54.0 (13.3–107.2)

67.0 ± 25.9

62.1 (21.2–117.7)

0.026a

Tdec (s)

54.3 ± 21.9

54.7 (13.3–107.6)

62.1 ± 18.7

61.0 (22.1–95.8)

0.063b

HR at seizure end (bpm)

114 ± 27

115 (45–163)

119 ± 23

121 (50–163)

0.271a

HR 20 s after seizure (bpm)

78 ± 27

71 (28–156)

94 ± 22

96 (50–139)

0.002b

Final HR (bpm)

81 ± 14

81 (50–115)

82 ± 18

80 (49–125)

0.742a

Seizure duration (s)

45 ± 12

45 (13–78)

51 ± 13

51 (28–85)

0.013a

EEG seizure duration (s)

74 ± 26

70 (19–116)

55 ± 15

54 (33–83)

0.057a

  1. SD, standard deviation; range, minimum-maximum range; HR (bpm), heart rate (beats per minute). Time (s) is always measured from the end of stimulation with the exception of Trise.
  2. Trise, time from the onset of stimulation until the heart rate rises above baseline level; Tmax, time to peak heart rate; Tbase, time until the heart rate falls to baseline level; Tdec, time to the steepest heart rate decline during and after the seizure; Final HR, heart rate before transfer to the post-anesthesia care unit. at test; bMann–Whitney U test.