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Ketamine associated with electroconvulsive therapy for treatment-resistant depression in the elderly: Two case reports
Ketamina asociada a terapia electroconvulsiva en depresión resistente al tratamiento en pacientes de edad avanzada: a propósito de 2 casos
Adriana Forteaa,
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, Laura Espinosaa, Clara Oliverasa, Pol Brugueraa, Antoni Benabarrea,b,c,d
a Servicio de Psiquiatría y Psicología, Instituto Clínico de Neurociencias, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
b Servicio de Psiquiatría y Psicología, Programa de Trastornos Bipolares, Instituto Clínico de Neurociencias, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
c Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
d Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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while the outpatient department decided against maintaining ECT-ketamine&#46;</p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Ketamine is an anaesthetic that is an antagonist of N-methyl-<span class="elsevierStyleSmallCaps">d</span>-aspartate &#40;NMDA&#41; receptors&#59; it is involved in the glutamatergic route and is of growing interest in the physiopathology of depression&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> Treatment with ketamine has been shown to have a swift antidepressive response&#44; although its use is controversial and data on this in the literature are contradictary&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0080"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#8211;8</span></a> A study conducted with 90 subjects with TRD showed faster and more sustained improvement in depressive symptoms&#44; increasing cognitive protection and the duration of convulsion in those patients treated with anaesthetic doses of ketamine &#40;0&#46;8<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;kg&#41; and ECT&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> Nevertheless&#44; there is a notable lack of evidence on its safety and efficacy in elderly patients&#44; who are a group especially susceptible to TRD&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We believe that in our progress towards an increasingly personalised and technical psychiatry&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> ketamine may be a valid alternative to the use of conventional anaesthetics&#44; giving a longer avct&#44; which could play an important role in improving observed antidepressive efficacy&#46; These results&#44; together with the reported cognitive protection<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a>&#8212;which was not evaluated in our subjects&#8212;mean that it is a desirable option for elderly patients&#44; although more evidence is required to evaluate its effectiveness and safety in this age group&#46;</p></span>"
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