Open AccessEvaluation of Two Fosphenytoin Loading Dose Regimens and Monitoring in Infants and Neonates Less Than Six Months of Age
Author(s) -
Kristin Bohan,
Noelle R. Leung,
Aaron M. Cook,
Elizabeth Autry,
Julia Gibson,
Valeria Naranjo,
Robert J. Baumann,
Brian Gardner
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2331-348X
pISSN - 1551-6776
DOI - 10.5863/1551-6776-25.7.617
Subject(s) - phenytoin , medicine , loading dose , concomitant , anesthesia , retrospective cohort study , maintenance dose , cohort , pediatrics , epilepsy , psychiatry
The objectives of the study were to compare the free serum concentrations after different fosphenytoin loading dose strategies in patients younger than 6 months old and to investigate the frequency of seizure cessation following a loading dose of fosphenytoin.