Intravenous levetiracetam in children with epilepsy. 2008

Jatinder S Goraya, and Divya S Khurana, and Ignacio Valencia, and Joseph J Melvin, and Marcos Cruz, and Agustin Legido, and Sanjeev V Kothare
Section of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Intravenous levetiracetam recently became available for use in patients aged >16 years. There are few data about its safety and efficacy in children. We retrospectively analyzed data from children treated with intravenous levetiracetam. Ten patients (6 female, 4 male), aged 3 weeks to 19 years, were treated with intravenous levetiracetam at a mean dose of 50.5 mg/kg/day for a mean duration of 4.9 days. Four patients received intravenous levetiracetam for acute repetitive seizures/status epilepticus, and three as replacement for oral levetiracetam because administration of oral levetiracetam was temporarily infeasible. One patient each received intravenous levetiracetam for seizure prophylaxis during brain biopsy, as maintenance treatment after acute seizures, and as substitute for sodium valproate. Three of four patients with acute repetitive seizures/status epilepticus became seizure-free; the fourth patient had a partial reduction in seizure frequency. All three patients who received intravenous levetiracetam as substitute for oral levetiracetam tolerated the switch well. The other three patients were seizure-free on intravenous levetiracetam. No serious adverse effects were observed, and all patients completed treatment with intravenous levetiracetam for the intended period. Intravenous levetiracetam may be effective in various clinical situations requiring intravenous administration of an antiepileptic drug.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007276 Injections, Intraventricular Injections into the cerebral ventricles. Intraventricular Injections,Injection, Intraventricular,Intraventricular Injection
D008297 Male Males
D010889 Piracetam A compound suggested to be both a nootropic and a neuroprotective agent. 2-Pyrrolidone-N-Acetamide,Avigilen,Axonyl,Cerebroforte,Cerepar N,Ciclofalina,Cuxabrain,Dinagen,Gabacet,Geram,Memo-Puren,Nootrop,Nootropil,Nootropyl,Normabraïn,Piracebral,Piracetam AbZ,Piracetam-RPh,Piracetrop,Pirazetam,Pyracetam,Pyramem,Sinapsan,UCB-6215,Memo Puren,Piracetam RPh,UCB 6215,UCB6215
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004827 Epilepsy A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313) Aura,Awakening Epilepsy,Seizure Disorder,Epilepsy, Cryptogenic,Auras,Cryptogenic Epilepsies,Cryptogenic Epilepsy,Epilepsies,Epilepsies, Cryptogenic,Epilepsy, Awakening,Seizure Disorders
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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