Use of antiepileptic drugs in nontraumatic neurosurgical procedures: Is there any best route and time of administration?

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 438-441

  Rabinowicz, Adrian L ^a   Salvat, Jorge M ^a   Leiguarda, Ramon C ^a   Demonty, Federico ^a   Salvat, Fernando ^a   Cervio, Andres ^a   Manes, Facundo ^a   Lazarowski, Alberto ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Neurosurgery; Phenytoin; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROSURGERY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030823679     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002826-199710000-00008     Document Type: Article

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