Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of fever units after ECT treatment (n = 129).

Variables	Categories	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Fever unit for the same patient	1	86	66.7
	2	14	10.9
	3	1	0.8
	4	3	2.3
Degree of fever	38.0°C ≦ T < 39.0°C	92	71.3
	39.0°C ≦ T < 40.0°C	37	28.5
	40.0°C ≦ T	2	0.02
Fever occurred after first ECT unit	Yes	40	31
	No	89	69
Fever period after ECT	1-4 h	14	10.9
	5-8 h	103	79.8
	9-24 h	12	9.3
Treatment measures	Clinical observation or cooling	72	55.8
	Cooling and antibiotic treatment	57	44.2
Duration of fever	t ≦ 24 h	122	94.6
	24 h < t ≦ 48 h	6	4.7
	48 h < t ≦ 72 h	1	0.8
Effects on the ECT	Continue treatment	114	88.4
	Prolonged treatment interval	8	6.2
	Stop treatment	7	5.2

T, temperature; t, time; h, hour.