Should prophylactic antiepileptic drugs be applied in severe traumatic brain injury?

Author: Shou-jia SUN ¹ ; Qi-bing HUANG ¹
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1. Department of Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit/Emergency Neurosurgery,Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Jinan 250012,China
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.