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| Title |
Severe agitation in severe early-onset Alzheimer’s disease resolves with ECT
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.2147/ndt.s71008 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Suna Su Aksay, Lucrezia Hausner, Lutz Frölich, Alexander Sartorius |
| Abstract |
Dementia-related behavioral disturbances are mostly treated with antipsychotics; however, the observed beneficial effects are modest and the risk of serious adverse effects high. We report the case of a 57-year-old woman with severe early-onset Alzheimer's disease and severe agitation, whom we treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). A significant clinical improvement was achieved over eight ECT sessions, which were tolerated well without cognitive worsening, and lasted approximately 3 months. Our case demonstrates the safe and effective use of ECT in pharmacotherapy-resistant severe agitation in Alzheimer's disease. The risk-benefit profile of ECT for dementia-related agitation should be further investigated in clinical trials. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 61 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 17% |
| Unknown | 12 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 13 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 10% |
| Linguistics | 4 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 14% |
| Unknown | 14 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 May 2015.
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#4,749,695
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#641
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#51,183
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#11
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