Comparative Study between Leviteracetam, Phenytoin & Carbamazepine in Treating Post Traumatic Epilepsy

Volume 18 No 10 (2020)

Dr. Rana Hani Mohammed Ali Al-Shaikh Hamed, Dr. Raad Ahmed Hussein, Sadoon A. Ibraheem, Dr. Muhammed Hameed Faeadh Al Jumaily

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2020.18.10.NQ20225

Abstract

Seizures are usual complication of Head injury. Early post head trauma seizures within the first week are regarded as acute symptomatic events, late post head trauma seizures after the first week regarded as late post traumatic epilepsy. Brain injury is common cause of symptomatic epilepsy between 15 and 24 years. Post head injury epilepsy contributes to the disability in a head injury survivor. (1) Post-traumatic epilepsy may occur even more than 15 years later. (2,3,4,5,6) Severe head injury has risk of development of late seizures. (5) Levetiracetam (Keppra) is a broadspectrum antiepileptic drug with low incidence of cognetive dysfunction.

Keywords

Post-traumatic Epilepsy, Levitracetam, Phenytoen, Carbamezepine.

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