Antiepileptic drugs patterns in elderly inpatients in a Brazilian tertiary center, Salvador, Brazil

Autor:	Telma Rocha de Assis, Osvaldo J. M. Nascimento, Gersonita Costa, Aroldo Bacellar
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	drogas antiepilépticas idosos epilepsia crises epilépticas Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry RC321-571
Zdroj:	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 72, Iss 11, Pp 874-880 (2014)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1678-4227 0004-282X
DOI:	10.1590/0004-282X20140151
Popis:	Epilepsy is very prevalent among elderly inpatients and treatment is far from ideal. Objective To analyze prescribing patterns of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) for hospitalized elderly with epilepsy, their relations with comorbidities and comedications. Method We assessed prescription regimen of elderly patients that were under AED use for treatment of epileptic seizures, during hospitalization. One hundred and nine patients were enrolled. AED regimen was categorized into two groups: Group 1 defined as appropriate (carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, valproic acid, gabapentin, clobazan and lamotrigine) and Group 2 as inappropriate (phenytoin and phenobarbital). Results We found 73.4% of patients used inappropriate AEDs (p
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