Shuo Wang, Chun-Mei Deng, Yuan Zeng, Xin-Zhong Chen, Ai-Yuan Li, Shan-Wu Feng, Li-Li Xu, Liang Chen, Hong-Mei Yuan, Han Hu, Tian Yang, Tao Han, Hui-Ying Zhang, Ming Jiang, Xin-Yu Sun, Hui-Ning Guo, Daniel I Sessler, Dong-Xin Wang
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a single low dose of esketamine administered after childbirth reduces postpartum depression in mothers with prenatal depression. DESIGN: Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial with two parallel arms. SETTING: Five tertiary care hospitals in China, 19 June 2020 to 3 August 2022. PARTICIPANTS: 364 mothers aged ≥18 years who had at least mild prenatal depression as indicated by Edinburgh postnatal depression scale scores of ≥10 (range 0-30, with higher scores indicating worse depression) and who were admitted to hospital for delivery...
April 10, 2024: BMJ: British Medical Journal