Open AccessPreventing epilepsy after traumatic brain injury: A propensity score analysis
Author(s) -
Jaw-Horng Liou,
Yen-Lin Chang,
HsuTung Lee,
Mingfen Wu,
YuChi Hou,
Wen-Shyong Liou
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000414
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , traumatic brain injury , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , cohort , propensity score matching , hematoma , epilepsy , anesthesia , surgery , psychiatry , optics , physics
Due to the potential consequences of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) exacerbating secondary injury following traumatic brain injury (TBI), the use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is an accepted option for seizure prophylaxis. However, there is only a paucity of data that can be found regarding outcomes surrounding the use of AEDs. The purpose of this retrospective study is to evaluate whether the prophylactic administration of AEDs significantly decreased the incidence of PTE, when considering the severity of TBI.