Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis

Dragos A. Nita; Cecil D. Hahn

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1

Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Jul 2016)

Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis

Dragos A. Nita,
Cecil D. Hahn

Affiliations

Dragos A. Nita: Division of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Program in Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Cecil D. Hahn: Division of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Program in Neuroscience and Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 30, no. 3

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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.

Published in Pediatric Neurology Briefs

ISSN: 1043-3155 (Print); 2166-6482 (Online)
Publisher: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://pediatricneurologybriefs.com

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