Bitemporal v. high-dose right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

@article{Kolshus2016BitemporalVH,
  title={Bitemporal v. high-dose right unilateral electroconvulsive therapy for depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials},
  author={E. Kolshus and A. Jelovac and D. McLoughlin},
  journal={Psychological Medicine},
  year={2016},
  volume={47},
  pages={518 - 530}
}
Background Brief-pulse electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is the most acutely effective treatment for severe depression though concerns persist about cognitive side-effects. While bitemporal electrode placement is the most commonly used form worldwide, right unilateral ECT causes less cognitive side-effects though historically it has been deemed less effective. Several randomized trials have now compared high-dose (>5× seizure threshold) unilateral ECT with moderate-dose (1.0–2.5× seizure… Expand
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Letter to the Editor: Electrode placement in electroconvulsive therapy – bilateral is still the ‘gold standard’ for some patients: a reply
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Concerns are raised that these results are misleading at the individual patient level and the important issue of what to do if a patient does not respond sufficiently well to high-dose unilateral, or indeed bitemporal, ECT is highlighted. Expand
Letter to the Editor: Electrode placement in electroconvulsive therapy – bilateral is still the ‘gold standard’ for some patients
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There is no ‘“gold standard” form of ECT that suits every patient’s need’, and practitioners are advised to offer patients bilateral electrode placement when right unilateral is inadequately effective; meta-analytic data are helpful and important for revealing population trends; clinical judgment must still be exercised for optimum individual patient care. Expand
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The original LART placement is a promising montage for further clinical investigation, and two novel variants (LART - F3 and LART - Frontal) compared to the more common bilateral placements of bitemporal and bifrontal ECT are explored. Expand
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The proposed treatment protocol for ketamine for depression relapse prevention is not suitable for a definitive trial in this center, and information collected on reasons for dropout may inform future clinical trials of intravenous ketamine. Expand
I know not ‘seems’
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  • Medicine
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It is better to avoid fixed-dose forms of ECT and risk under/over-dosing patients, and instead attempt to empirically establish each patient’s individual seizure threshold and tailor subsequent treatments to that, which dosing method is best for ECT. Expand
ECT non-remitters: prognosis and treatment after 12 unilateral electroconvulsive therapy sessions for major depression.
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When patients with major depression do not achieve remission after 12 RUL ECT sessions, they have still a reasonable chance of remission within 6 months, and continuing ECT has the best chance of success. Expand
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