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Nita DA, Hahn CD. Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis. Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2016;30(3):18doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1.
Nita, D. A., & Hahn, C. D. (2016). Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis. Pediatric neurology briefs, 30(3), 18. https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1
Nita, Dragos A, and Hahn, Cecil D. "Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis." Pediatric neurology briefs vol. 30,3 (2016): 18. doi: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1
Nita DA, Hahn CD. Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis. Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2016 Mar;30(3):18. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1. PMID: 27396956; PMCID: PMC4936969.
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Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2016 Mar;30(3):18. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1.

Levetiracetam for Pediatric Posttraumatic Seizure Prophylaxis.

Pediatric neurology briefs

Dragos A Nita, Cecil D Hahn

Affiliations

  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.

PMID: 27396956 PMCID: PMC4936969 DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-30-3-1

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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