Anticonvulsant Use and Outcomes After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Author(s) -
Andrew M. Naidech,
Rajeev Garg,
Storm M. Liebling,
Kimberly Levasseur,
Mícheál P. Macken,
Stephan Schuele,
H. Hunt Batjer
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.559948
Subject(s) - medicine , intracerebral hemorrhage , modified rankin scale , phenytoin , levetiracetam , logistic regression , stroke (engine) , anesthesia , anticonvulsant , epilepsy , pediatrics , emergency medicine , glasgow coma scale , ischemic stroke , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , ischemia , engineering
There are few data on the effectiveness and side effects of antiepileptic drug therapy after intracerebral hemorrhage. We tested the hypothesis that antiepileptic drug use is associated with more complications and worse outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage.
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