Post-Head Trauma Prophylactic Anticonvulsants
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The role of prophylactic anticonvulsants in moderate to severe head injury
BACKGROUND Post-traumatic seizures cause secondary brain injury, contributing to morbidity and mortality after traumatic brain injury. Seizure activity may be undetectable if the patient is paralysed and ventilated. AIMS The effect of prophylactic anticonvulsant therapy on the prevention of seizures after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury was studied. METHODS A structured systematic...
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Pediatric abusive head trauma – once commonly known as the shaken baby syndrome – is a form of child abuse that results in traumatic brain injury. The peak incidence of pediatric abusive head trauma appears to be in children between the ages of 2 to 4 months; the exact incidence of this injury is not known. Pediatric abusive head trauma often results in severe and permanent neurological damage,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1998
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-2-9