Rapid and safe response to low-dose carbamazepine in neonatal epilepsy.

Tristan T SandsMartina BalestriGiulia BelliniSarah B MulkeyOlivier DanhaiveEliza Hayes BakkenMaurizio TaglialatelaMichael S OldhamFederico VigevanoGregory L HolmesMaria Roberta Cilio

Published in: Epilepsia (2016)

This study provides evidence that CBZ is safe and rapidly effective in neonates with BFNE, even in status epilepticus. We propose that CBZ should be the drug of choice in benign familial neonatal seizures.

Keyphrases

low dose
high dose
early onset
emergency department
low birth weight
preterm infants
adverse drug
drug induced