Open AccessShort-Term Effects of Phenobarbitone on Electrographic Seizures in Neonates
Author(s) -
Evonne Low,
Nathan J. Stevenson,
Sean Mathieson,
Vicki Livingstone,
Anthony C Ryan,
Janet M. Rennie,
Geraldine B. Boylan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000443782
Subject(s) - phenobarbital , medicine , anesthesia , electroencephalography , epilepsy , anticonvulsant , seizure threshold , pharmacology , psychiatry
Phenobarbitone is the most common first-line anti-seizure drug and is effective in approximately 50% of all neonatal seizures.