Open AccessThe value of anti-epileptic therapy as a prophylactic factor for seizures in the management of moderate traumatic brain injury
Author(s) -
Konstantinos Faropoulos,
Demosthènes Makris,
George Fotakopoulos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
future science oa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 2056-5623
DOI - 10.2144/fsoa-2020-0080
Subject(s) - medicine , traumatic brain injury , incidence (geometry) , epilepsy , head injury , anesthesia , pediatrics , surgery , psychiatry , physics , optics
Aim: The value of anti-epileptic therapy in the prophylaxis of post-traumatic seizures. Patients & methods: All patients received a standard anti-epileptic drug (AED) and were divided into two groups: Group A -with early AED and Group B -with late AED. Results: Patients (871/1062) met the inclusion criteria. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that computer tomography findings, headache and prior history of brain head injury were independent risk factors of seizures. Only late post-traumatic seizures (LPTS) was significantly associated with AED (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Early treatment with AED seems to not affect the incidence of lPTS. In addition, an AED with a mean time of initiation of 7.5 days from the moderate traumatic brain injury occurrence could reduce the lPTS incidence.