Open AccessThe Risk Of Seizure-Related Hospitalization Among Older Adults On Levetiracetam Monotherapy: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Huda Alzahrani,
Haya M. Almalag,
Yazed AlRuthia,
Raja Rizwan Hussain,
Bander Balkhi,
Lama Almutairi,
Reem AlGasem,
Edward DeVol,
Manal Rashed Almarzouqi,
Abdulaziz Alsemari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s221403
Subject(s) - medicine , levetiracetam , epilepsy , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , phenytoin , carbamazepine , poisson regression , antiepileptic drug , incidence (geometry) , comorbidity , valproic acid , cohort , cohort study , medical prescription , psychiatry , population , pharmacology , physics , environmental health , optics
Antiepileptic drug monotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for epilepsy; however, the efficacy of different antiepileptic drugs in reducing the incidence of seizure-related hospitalization among older adults, who are at higher risk of developing epilepsy compared to their younger counterparts, has not been examined.