Seizure or shiver?: Artifact in the electroconvulsive therapy electroencephalogram

Elizabeth K C Schwartz; Charles H Kellner

doi:10.1097/YCT.0000000000000186

Seizure or shiver?: Artifact in the electroconvulsive therapy electroencephalogram

J ECT. 2015 Jun;31(2):79. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000186.

Authors

Elizabeth K C Schwartz¹, Charles H Kellner

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.

PMID: 25243754
DOI: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000186

Abstract

We present an image of unusual muscle artifact from post-anesthetic shivering on the EEG tracing in a patient receiving ECT. We discuss the importance of recognizing artifact in the EEG tracing during ECT.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Artifacts*
Bipolar Disorder / therapy
Electroconvulsive Therapy / methods*
Electroencephalography / methods*
Facial Muscles
Humans