[HTML][HTML] European society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess in children and adults

J Bodilsen, QG D'Alessandris, H Humphreys… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Scope These European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
guidelines are intended for clinicians involved in diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess …

Chinese guideline on the application of anti-seizure medications in the perioperative period of supratentorial craniocerebral surgery

S Liang, X Fan, F Chen, Y Liu, B Qiu… - Therapeutic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Seizures are a common symptom of craniocerebral diseases, and epilepsy is one of the
comorbidities of craniocerebral diseases. However, how to rationally use anti-seizure …

Management of complications in neuro-oncology patients

MR Welch - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to familiarize the reader with the spectrum of
neurologic and medical complications relevant to the care of patients with neurologic cancer …

Granular clinical history and outcome in 51 patients with primary and secondary malignant meningioma

AD Maier, C Mirian, J Haslund-Vinding, J Bartek… - Journal of …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE WHO grade III meningiomas, also known as malignant meningiomas (MMs),
are rare, and the heterogenous clinical course in patients with MM is not well described. To …

Intracranial intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT): evaluation of electrocorticography and peri-operative seizure risk

CP Cifarelli, JA Vargo, U Sener, DT Cifarelli… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Background Intra-operative radiotherapy (IORT) for brain metastases (BMs) and primary
brain tumors has emerged as an adjuvant radiation modality that allows for consolidation of …

Pharmacokinetic considerations surrounding the use of levetiracetam for seizure prophylaxis in neurocritical care–an overview

G D'Onofrio, A Riva, E Amadori, S Lattanzi… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Levetiracetam (LEV) is one of the most widely used anti-seizure medications
(ASMs) in clinical practice. This is due both to a different mechanism of action when …

Perioperative levetiracetam for seizure prophylaxis in seizure-naive brain tumor patients with focus on neurocognitive functioning

E Konrath, F Marhold, W Kindler, F Scheichel… - BMC neurology, 2022 - Springer
Introduction In seizure-naive brain tumor patients, the efficacy of perioperative prophylactic
antiepileptic drug treatment remains controversial. In case of administration, the common …

Medical and neurological management of brain tumor complications

G Youssef, PY Wen - Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The diagnosis of brain tumors often leads to complications that
are either related to the tumor itself or the tumor-directed and supportive therapies …

Duration of prophylactic levetiracetam after surgery for brain tumor: a prospective randomized trial

M Rahman, S Eisenschenk, K Melnick, Y Wang… - …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Levetiracetam is commonly used as a prophylactic antiseizure medication
in patients undergoing surgical resection of brain tumors. OBJECTIVE: To quantitate side …

Neuro-Oncology Practice Clinical Debate: long-term antiepileptic drug prophylaxis in patients with glioma

B Stocksdale, S Nagpal, JD Hixson… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Patients with primary brain tumors often experience seizures, which can be the presenting
symptom or occur for the first time at any point along the illness trajectory. In addition to …