Routine anticonvulsants for treating cerebral malaria
Abstract Background Cerebral malaria is a common complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection, and kills over a million people every year. People with cerebral malaria become unconscious, and often have protracted convulsions. It is unclear whether giving anticonvulsant drugs routinely to people with cerebral malaria will improve the outcome of treatment and prevent death. Objectives To […]
Carbamazepine versus valproate monotherapy for epilepsy
Abstract Background Carbamazepine and valproate are drugs of first choice for epilepsy. Despite the lack of hard evidence from individual randomized controlled trials, there is strong clinical belief that valproate is the drug of choice for generalized epilepsies and carbamazepine for partial epilepsies. Objectives To overview the best evidence comparing carbamazepine and valproate monotherapy Search […]