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Levetiracetam versus Phenobarbital. Effects in the neurodevelopment in newborns treated for neonatal seizures: a clinical trial

Purpose: To analyze if the use of Phenobarbital compared with Levetiracetam, it’s associated with more neurodevelopmental problems in newborns treated for neonatal seizures. As a secondary objective identify which are the most affected areas of the neurodevelopment: cognition, socio-­‐emotional, motor or language skills.Design: A 5 years long clinical trial administering, with double-­‐blind and a randomized distribution of the sample, Phenobarbital or Levetiracetam for the management of neonatal seizures

Manager: Trujillo Fagundo, Alberto
Other contributions: Universitat de Girona. Facultat de Medicina
Author: Caner Faig, Marina
Date: 2014
Abstract: Purpose: To analyze if the use of Phenobarbital compared with Levetiracetam, it’s associated with more neurodevelopmental problems in newborns treated for neonatal seizures. As a secondary objective identify which are the most affected areas of the neurodevelopment: cognition, socio-­‐emotional, motor or language skills.Design: A 5 years long clinical trial administering, with double-­‐blind and a randomized distribution of the sample, Phenobarbital or Levetiracetam for the management of neonatal seizures
Format: application/pdf
Document access: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/8974
Language: eng
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
Rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
Subject: Neonatologia
Neurofarmacologia
Anticonvulsius
Epilepsia -- Infants
Neuropharmacology
Neonatology
Epilepsy -- Newborn
Anticonvulsants
Title: Levetiracetam versus Phenobarbital. Effects in the neurodevelopment in newborns treated for neonatal seizures: a clinical trial
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis
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