Table 1. Treatment settings, duration of seizures and recovery of orientation during ECT and MST - The duration of MST seizures is given from the time of start of magnetic stimulation. * Subjects 3 and 8 had MST on two separate days; C=Cardiff, E=Edinburgh, BL=bilateral, UL=unilateral.
| Patient | ECT | MST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seizure threshold for ECT | ECT seizure duration Motor/EEG | ECT orientation time | N pulses for MST | Position of coil | MST seizure duration Motor/EEG | MST orientation time | |
| female, aged 35 (C) | 126mC BL | 36″/60″ | 26′49″ | 250
500 |
Vertex
Vertex |
0″/0″
25″/21″ |
-
4′36″ |
| male, aged 21 (C) | 80mC BL | 26″/32″ | 22′45″ | 500 | Frontal | 86″/83″ | 5′23″ |
| female, aged 41 (C) | 841mC BL | 42″/49″ | 25′01″ | 250
500 |
Vertex
Vertex |
9.5″/NA
21″/NA |
-
4′20″ |
| 500*
1000* |
Frontal
Frontal |
0′/-
70″/NA |
-
4′40″ |
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| female, aged 47 (E) | 80mC BL | 30″/42″ | 29′20″ | 1000
1000 |
Frontal
Vertex |
0″/0″
21″/21″ |
-
8′41″ |
| female, aged 56 (E) | 170mC BL | 30″/31″ | 22′30″ | 1000 | Vertex | 28″/29″ | 5′36″ |
| female, aged 28 (E) | 80mC BL | 22″/38″ | 21′10″ | 1000
1000 |
Frontal
Vertex |
0″/NA
18″/NA |
-
9′00″ |
| female, aged 48 (E) | 204mC BL | 33″/39″ | 28′00″ | 1000 | Frontal | 22″/NA | 8′43″ |
| male, aged 39 (C) | No ECT | - | - | 600 | Frontal | 0″/0″ | 9′00″ no seizure |
| 600* | Vertex | 15″/NA | 9′25″ | ||||
| male, aged 28 (C) | 80mC UL | 28″/28″ | 16′00″ | 600 | Vertex | 49″/85″ | 9′41″ |
| female, aged 70 (C) | 80mC UL | 54″/86″ | 13′10″ | 600 | Vertex | 0″/0″ | 7′48″ no seizure |
| female, aged 56 (E) | 46mC UL | 19″/NA | 11′13″ | 1000 | Vertex | 11″/NA | 6′35″ |