Pharmacological management of post-traumatic seizures in adults: current practice patterns in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient selection for seizure prophylaxis after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and duration of anti-epileptic drug treatment for patients with early post-traumatic seizures (PTS), remain plagued with uncertainty. In early 2017, a collaborative group of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neurointensive care and rehabilitation medicine physicians was formed in the UK with the aim of assessing variability in current practice and gauging the degree of uncertainty to inform the design of future studies. Here we present the results of a survey of clinicians managing patients with TBI in the UK and Ireland.

Materials and methods

An online survey was developed and piloted. Following approval by the Academic Committee of the Society of British Neurological Surgeons, it was distrib

SUBMITTER: Mee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6407744 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature