Neonates With Acute Seizures May Be Overmedicated
Among neonates, there is no difference in functional neurodevelopment or epilepsy at 24 months for those discontinuing ASM before hospital discharge.
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Among neonates, there is no difference in functional neurodevelopment or epilepsy at 24 months for those discontinuing ASM before hospital discharge.
email article Keeping newborns on antiseizure medication after acute neonatal seizures stopped did not change development outcomes or prevent epilepsy, a comparative effectiveness study showed. No difference was seen in functional neurodevelopment at age 24 months in children whose antiseizure medication was discontinued versus maintained after acute symptomatic neonatal seizures resolved, reported Hannah Glass, MDCM, MAS, of the University of California San Francisco, and co-authors, in Overall, 13% of children developed epilepsy, which was not associated with treatment duration. Medi...