Practice of prophylactic anticonvulsant treatment in head injury
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Brain Injury
- Vol. 3 (2), 137-140
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02699058909004544
Abstract
The policy of patient selection for prophylactic anticonvulsant treatment has been evaluated retrospectively in 124 head-injured patients admitted consecutively for rehabilitation after primary neurosurgical treatment. Prophylaxis had been instituted in about 60% (51/83) of high risk patients and in about 30% (12/41) of the patients who did not belong to the high risk categories. The use of existing risk data as guidelines for decisions about anticonvulsant prophylaxis is discussed.Keywords
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