TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 106. Anticonvulsants: Seizure Prophylaxis and Chronic Treatment A1 - Nalabolu, Harsha A2 - Atchabahian, Arthur A2 - Gupta, Ruchir PY - 2013 T2 - The Anesthesia Guide AB - Prophylactic anticonvulsant therapy prior to neurosurgery is controversialPatients should continue their preoperative anticonvulsants as long as they have therapeutic drug levelsPhenytoin 100 mg Q8 hours or levetiracetam 500 mg are the most common regimensLevetiracetam is now being used more often due to broad-spectrum seizure coverage and lower side effects, and serum therapeutic levels do not need to be checked SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57262136 ER -