Antiepileptic drugs for the primary and secondary prevention of seizures after subarachnoid haemorrhage

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Marigold, Richard ^a   Günther, Albrecht ^b   Tiwari, Divya ^a   Kwan, Joseph ^c  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETHOSUXIMIDE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LEVETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; SEIZURES;

ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEIZURES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84890205829     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008710.pub2     Document Type: Review

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