1. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) during pregnancy: a fetal risk factor.
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Pridmore, Saxby, Turnier-Shea, Yvonne, Rybak, Marzena, and Pridmore, William
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TRANSCRANIAL magnetic stimulation , *PREGNANCY - Abstract
Objective: To examine reports of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) during pregnancy for evidence of fetal risk.Method: PubMed was used to locate relevant literature for the years 1998-2020 and reference lists were examined for materials not located electronically.Results: Ten reports were located dealing with 67 births over 20 years. Stimulation was applied is all trimesters, at low and high frequency, and as intermittent theta-burst stimulation. No mother or baby experienced a serious event.Conclusions: Certainty awaits large, standardized studies. However, the available reports provide no evidence that TMS to mother during pregnancy has detrimental effects on the fetus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2021
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