Cargando…
Phenytoin versus Leviteracetam for Seizure Prophylaxis after brain injury – a meta analysis
BACKGROUND: Current standard therapy for seizure prophylaxis in Neuro-surgical patients involves the use of Phenytoin (PHY). However, a new drug Levetiracetam (LEV) is emerging as an alternate treatment choice. We aimed to conduct a meta-analysis to compare these two drugs in patients with brain inj...
Autores principales: | Zafar, Syed Nabeel, Khan, Abdul Ahad, Ghauri, Asfar Ayaz, Shamim, Muhammad Shahzad |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BioMed Central
2012
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406949/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22642837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-12-30 |
Ejemplares similares
-
A Comparison of Seizure Prophylaxis: Phenytoin Versus Levetiracetam
por: Fiani, Brian, et al.
Publicado: (2021) -
The Efficacy of Leviteracetam versus Carbamazepine for Epilepsy: A Meta-Analysis
por: LI, Zhaoxia, et al.
Publicado: (2014) -
Comparison of Phenytoin versus Levetiracetam in Early Seizure Prophylaxis after Traumatic Brain Injury, at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan
por: Younus, Syed Muneeb, et al.
Publicado: (2018) -
Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Levetiracetam Versus Phenytoin for Post-craniotomy Seizure Prophylaxis
por: Faghihjouibari, Morteza, et al.
Publicado: (2023) -
Phenytoin as seizure prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with busulfan conditioning
por: Germeraad, R. S., et al.
Publicado: (2022)