ANTICONVULSANT AND ANTIBIOTIC-PROPHYLAXIS IN HEAD-INJURY

Authors
DUNN LT FOY PM
Citation
Lt. Dunn et Pm. Foy, ANTICONVULSANT AND ANTIBIOTIC-PROPHYLAXIS IN HEAD-INJURY, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 76(3), 1994, pp. 147-149
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England → ACNP
ISSN journal
00358843
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
147 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-8843(1994)76:3<147:AAAIH>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The evidence for and against the prophylactic use of anticonvulsants a nd antibiotics in head injury is reviewed. There is a lack of blinded placebo-controlled trials in this area. On balance there is no compell ing evidence to support the use of either anticonvulsant or antibiotic prophylaxis in head injury, with the possible exception of antibiotic prophylaxis in compound depressed skull fractures and penetrating bra in injuries.