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Original lecture slide 27, The Therapeutic Window, showing too low, therapeutic and too high thresholds with a window schematic

THE THERAPEUTIC WINDOW

  • Benefit on one side. Side effects on the other.
  • WINDOW
  • THRESHOLD
  • THERAPEUTIC ZONE
  • BENEFIT THRESHOLD
  • THINK IN THRESHOLDS
  • Too low — Insufficient benefit
  • Therapeutic — Maximum useful benefit
  • Too high — Stimulation-induced adverse effects
  • PROGRAMMING GOAL
  • Maximize useful benefit while keeping the adverse-effect threshold comfortably distant.
  • Dr Vikas Kathuria | MCh Neurosurgery

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AssociationModule 06 · Slide 27