Use of antiepileptic drugs in children with brain tumors: A review for acute management

Patients with primary or secondary tumors in the central nervous system may have seizures resulting from direct tissue damage, metabolic abnormalities, infection, or toxic side effects of medications. In pediatric patients, it is more frequent to use drugs to control secondary epilepsy. In this arti...

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Autores: Herrera-Bejarano, Jennifer, Agrawal, Amit, Navas Valbuena, Claudia Marcela, Satyarthee, Guro Dutta, Balasubramanian, Chandramouli, Joaquim, Andrei F., Chater Cure, George, Moscote-Salazar, Luis Rafael
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Colombia
Recursos:Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/26269
Acesso em linha:https://doi.org/doi:10.4103/2221-6189.244164
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/26269
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Antiepileptic drugs
Brain tumors
Neuro oncology
Seizure
Descrição
Resumo:Patients with primary or secondary tumors in the central nervous system may have seizures resulting from direct tissue damage, metabolic abnormalities, infection, or toxic side effects of medications. In pediatric patients, it is more frequent to use drugs to control secondary epilepsy. In this article, we discuss the main nuances of antiepileptic drugs for the proper management of children with central nervous system tumors.

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