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Intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report

BACKGROUND: Single-time non-invasive brain stimulation was carried out using the two-technique approach on a patient suffering from treatment-resistant depression. Five treatment sessions given at weekly intervals resulted in a significant improvement in the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score for...

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Autores principales: Wivatvongvana, Pakorn, Soonthornthum, Chutimon, Kitisak, Kittipong
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37779185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-04152-0
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author Wivatvongvana, Pakorn
Soonthornthum, Chutimon
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description BACKGROUND: Single-time non-invasive brain stimulation was carried out using the two-technique approach on a patient suffering from treatment-resistant depression. Five treatment sessions given at weekly intervals resulted in a significant improvement in the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score for up to 6 weeks. The findings of this study could pave the way for a more efficient less resource-intensive time- and budget-saving technique of employing non-invasive brain stimulation for patients with treatment-resistant depression by minimizing the number of stimulation sessions. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old married non-Latino white American woman suffering from treatment-resistant depression received intermittent tetraburst stimulation in combination with transcranial direct current stimulation weekly for 5 consecutive weeks. Diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation showed an observable electrophysiological change. The patient reported a drastic improvement in Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score up until 6-week follow-up and expressed satisfaction with the treatment. CONCLUSIONS: This case study suggests that a streamlined protocol for using non-invasive brain stimulation could prove more effective for patients and healthcare providers in terms of safety in comparison to the present guidelines.
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spelling pubmed-105444632023-10-03 Intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report Wivatvongvana, Pakorn Soonthornthum, Chutimon Kitisak, Kittipong J Med Case Rep Case Report BACKGROUND: Single-time non-invasive brain stimulation was carried out using the two-technique approach on a patient suffering from treatment-resistant depression. Five treatment sessions given at weekly intervals resulted in a significant improvement in the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score for up to 6 weeks. The findings of this study could pave the way for a more efficient less resource-intensive time- and budget-saving technique of employing non-invasive brain stimulation for patients with treatment-resistant depression by minimizing the number of stimulation sessions. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old married non-Latino white American woman suffering from treatment-resistant depression received intermittent tetraburst stimulation in combination with transcranial direct current stimulation weekly for 5 consecutive weeks. Diagnostic transcranial magnetic stimulation showed an observable electrophysiological change. The patient reported a drastic improvement in Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score up until 6-week follow-up and expressed satisfaction with the treatment. CONCLUSIONS: This case study suggests that a streamlined protocol for using non-invasive brain stimulation could prove more effective for patients and healthcare providers in terms of safety in comparison to the present guidelines. BioMed Central 2023-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10544463/ /pubmed/37779185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-04152-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Wivatvongvana, Pakorn
Soonthornthum, Chutimon
Kitisak, Kittipong
Intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report
title Intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report
title_full Intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report
title_fullStr Intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report
title_short Intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report
title_sort intermittent tetraburst stimulation combined with transcranial direct current stimulation once weekly for treatment-resistant depression: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37779185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-04152-0
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