Antiepileptic drug therapy in the perioperative course of neurosurgical patients

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 564-567

  Klimek, Markus ^a   Dammers, Ruben ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antiepileptic drugs; neurosurgery; perioperative; prophylaxis; side effects

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SEIZURES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 77956456117     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32833e14f2     Document Type: Review

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