Cognitive Effects of PHT and CBZ After Brain Trauma

Abstract

The effects of prophylactic anticonvulsant use of phenytoin (PHT) and carbamazepine (CBZ) on the cognitive and emotional status of a total of 80 brain trauma patients are compared and reported from the Division of Neurosurgery and Department of Neurology, St Louis University School of Medicine and School of Public Health.

Keywords

• phenytoin
• carbamazepine
• cognitive skills