A prospective multicenter comparison of levetiracetam versus phenytoin for early posttraumatic seizure prophylaxis

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 766-773

  Inaba, Kenji ^a   Menaker, Jay ^b   Branco, Bernardino C ^a   Gooch, Jonathan ^b   Okoye, Obi T ^a   Herrold, Joe ^a   Scalea, Thomas M ^b   Dubose, Joseph ^b   Demetriades, Demetrios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Levetiracetam; Outcomes; Phenytoin; Seizure prophylaxis; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN INJURIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYTOIN; PIRACETAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874878371     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182826e84     Document Type: Article

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