A clinical trial of enteral Levetiracetam for acute seizures in pediatric cerebral malaria

BACKGROUND: Acute seizures are common in pediatric cerebral malaria (CM), but usual care with phenobarbital risks respiratory suppression. We undertook studies of enteral levetiracetam (eLVT) to evaluate pharmacokinetics (PK), safety and efficacy including an open-label, randomized controlled trial...

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Autores principales: Birbeck, Gretchen L., Herman, Susan T., Capparelli, Edmund V., Dzinjalamala, Fraction K., Abdel Baki, Samah G., Mallewa, Macpherson, Toto, Neema M., Postels, Douglas G., Gardiner, Joseph C., Taylor, Terrie E., Seydel, Karl B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6824014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31672143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1766-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6824014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31672143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1766-2

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