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A Clinical and Statistical Study of the Phases of Electroplexy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. C. Tresise  and
N. S. Stenhouse
P. C. Tresise
Affiliation:
Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, 6005
N. S. Stenhouse
Affiliation:
Raine Medical Statistics Unit, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009
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In a previous paper (Tresise and Stenhouse, 1968a), the authors quantitated the normal time response patterns in the phases of electroplexy, where the four anaesthetics, methohexitone sodium, thiopentone, amylobarbitone sodium and diazepam were used in sub-anaesthetic doses. Patients treated without anaesthesia were included in the study. The dependence of the times of subsequent events on the time of clonus onset in the orbicularis oculi muscles were also established. The statistical technique employed in that study was simple linear regression. The interrelationships between the various factors indicated the desirability of extending the study by the use of multiple regression techniques. This paper presents the results of the extended study.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 123 , Issue 574 , September 1973 , pp. 319 - 328
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1973 

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