- Author:
Shou-jia SUN
1
;
Qi-bing HUANG
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: severe traumatic brain injury(sTBI); epilepsy; prevention
- From: Chinese Journal of Practical Internal Medicine 2019;39(12):1045-1047
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: The patients with severe traumatic brain injury(sTBI)have a higher incidence of epilepsy.It's controversial whether prophylactic antiepileptic drugs(AEDs)are needed to prevent epilepsy in sTBI.Patients with sTBI do not need prophylactic AEDs on the basis of analgesic and sedative treatment in the early stage(within 7 days),and prophylactic AEDs are also not needed in late stage.Patients diagnosed with epilepsy need to take AEDs.