Acute liver failure following levetiracetam therapy for seizure prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury - Case Reports in Clinical Medicine

CRCM > Vol.1 No.2, December 2012

Acute liver failure following levetiracetam therapy for seizure prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury ()

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DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2012.12010 9,394 Downloads 14,981 Views Citations

Author(s)

Aasim Ali Syed, Christopher D. Adams

Affiliation(s)

Clinical Specialist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA.
Registered Pharmacist, CVS Pharmacy, Suffern, USA.

ABSTRACT

This case report investigates an uncommon occurrence of drug induced acute liver injury directly associated with the administration of levetiracetam in a patient following traumatic brain injury.

KEYWORDS

Levetiracetam; Liver Failure; Seizure Prophylaxis; Traumatic Brain Injury; Adverse Drug Reaction

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Syed, A. and Adams, C. (2012) Acute liver failure following levetiracetam therapy for seizure prophylaxis in traumatic brain injury. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 1, 42-45. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2012.12010.

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