Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Injectable Levetiracetam Versus Phenytoin as Second-Line Therapy in the Management of Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus in Children: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Levetiracetam is significantly more effective than phenytoin for the treatment of convulsive status epilepticus in children who have failed to respond to benzodiazepines. PMID: 31591834 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31591834?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Clinical Neurology - October 9, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: J Clin Neurol Source Type: research