Anti-seizure medication treatment and outcomes in acute ischemic stroke patients undergoing continuous EEG monitoring.
Paula R SanchesMohammad TabaeizadehLidia M V R MouraEric S RosenthalLuis Otavio CabocloJohn HsuElisabetta PatornoM Brandon WestoverSahar F ZafarPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
In our study, ASM treatment in AIS patients with cEEG abnormalities was not significantly associated with a change in 90-day mortality and functional recovery. Larger comparative effectiveness studies are indicated to identify which acute ischemic stroke patients with cEEG abnormalities benefit most from ASM treatment.