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==Section 8 - MEDICATION GUIDELINES==
===ANTICONVULSANT===

====Keppra / Levetiracetam====
'''DESCRIPTION / ACTION:'''
* Anticonvulsant for Traumatic Brain Injury patients.
'''INDICATIONS:'''
* TBI in the Adult or Pediatric Patient
'''CONTRAINDICATIONS:'''
* Hypersensitivity or allergy
'''DOSE:'''
* For adults, 1 gram IV or IO push
* For pediatrics, 20 mg/kg IV or IO push. May repeat at 40 mg/kg
* Max dose of 1 gram.

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