Seizure prophylaxis following traumatic brain injury
November 13, 2013…Trauma Foundation. J Neurotrauma 2007;24(suppl 1); free full supplement at www.braintrauma.org/pdf/protected/Guidelines_Management_2007w_bookmarks.pdf). A review of antiepileptics for TBI recommends phenytoin since it has been most extensively studied (Torbic et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2013;70:759-766). Other agents (e.g. phenobarbital, valproate, carbamazepine) have not been researched to the same degree and are not generally preferred over ph…