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

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2016 Mar;30(3):18. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1.

Authors

Dragos A Nita¹, Cecil D Hahn¹

Affiliation

¹ 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.

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.

Keywords: Antiepileptics; Epilepsy; PICU.

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