Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis

Dragos A. Nita; Cecil D. Hahn

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1

Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 30 (2016): Issue 3

By: Dragos A. Nita and Cecil D. Hahn

Open Access

|Jul 2016

Abstract

Investigators from Nationwide Children's Hospital performed an observational cohort study of early post-traumatic seizures (EPTS) among 34 children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) who received levetiracetam (LEV) prophylaxis following admission to their pediatric intensive care unit.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 18 - 18

Submitted on: Apr 4, 2016

Accepted on: Apr 16, 2016

Published on: Jul 6, 2016

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

PICU,

Antiepileptics,

Epilepsy

© 2016 Dragos A. Nita, Cecil D. Hahn, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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