Review of the Utility of Prophylactic Anticonvulsant Use in Critically Ill Patients With Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Stroke. 2016 Oct;47(10):2666-72. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.012410. Epub 2016 Sep 8.

Authors

Emily J Gilmore¹, Carolina B Maciel², Lawrence J Hirsch², Kevin N Sheth²

Affiliations

¹ From the Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology (E.J.G., C.B.M., K.N.S.), and Division of Epilepsy (L.J.H.); Department of Neurology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine, CT. emily.gilmore@yale.edu.
² From the Division of Neurocritical Care and Emergency Neurology (E.J.G., C.B.M., K.N.S.), and Division of Epilepsy (L.J.H.); Department of Neurology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine, CT.

PMID: 27608820
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.012410

No abstract available

Keywords: anticonvulsants; cerebral hemorrhage; seizures; stroke.

Publication types

Meta-Analysis
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use*
Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
Critical Care
Critical Illness
Humans
Seizures / epidemiology
Seizures / etiology*
Seizures / prevention & control*

Substances

Anticonvulsants