RT Book, Section
A1 Nalabolu, Harsha
A2 Atchabahian, Arthur
A2 Gupta, Ruchir
SR Print(0)
ID 57262136
T1 Chapter 106. Anticonvulsants: Seizure Prophylaxis and Chronic Treatment
T2 The Anesthesia Guide
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176049-2
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57262136
RD 2024/04/23
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