• Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jul 2009

    Intravenous levetiracetam in critically ill children with status epilepticus or acute repetitive seizures.

    • Nicholas S Abend, Heather M Monk, Daniel J Licht, and Dennis J Dlugos.
    • Division of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. abend@email.chop.edu
    • Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2009 Jul 1; 10 (4): 505-10.

    ObjectiveIntravenous (IV) levetiracetam (LEV) is approved for use in patients older than 16 years and may be useful in critically ill children, although there is little data available regarding pharmacokinetics. We aim to investigate the safety, an appropriate dosing, and efficacy of IV LEV in critically ill children.DesignWe describe a cohort of critically ill children who received IV LEV for status epilepticus, including refractory or nonconvulsive status, or acute repetitive seizures.ResultsThere were no acute adverse effects noted. Children had temporary cessation of ongoing refractory status epilepticus, termination of ongoing nonconvulsive status epilepticus, cessation of acute repetitive seizures, or reduction in epileptiform discharges with clinical correlate.ConclusionsIV LEV was effective in terminating status epilepticus or acute repetitive seizures and well tolerated in critically ill children. Further study is needed to elucidate the role of IV LEV in critically ill children.

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