Table 4.

Adverse events

	Levetiracetam (n=132)		Phenytoin (n=130)		Both drugs (n=24)		Total (n=286)
	Events	Patients	Events	Patients	Events	Patients	Events	Patients
Any adverse event	20	16 (12%)	23	18 (14%)	8	4 (17%)	51	38 (13%)
Agitation	11	11 (8%)	4	4 (3%)	0	0	15	15 (5%)
Hypotension	2	2 (2%)	3	3 (2%)	1	1 (4%)	6	6 (2%)
Catheter site related	1	1 (<1%)	1	1 (<1%)	3	2 (8%)	5	4 (1%)
Extravasation	0	0	4	4 (3%)	1	1 (4%)	5	5 (2%)
Tachycardia	1	1 (<1%)	3	3 (2%)	1	1 (4%)	5	5 (2%)
Rash	2	2 (2%)	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	3	3 (1%)
Hypertension	0	0	2	2 (2%)	0	0	2	2 (<1%)
Reaction to ceftriaxone	0	0	0	0	1	1 (4%)	1	1 (<1%)
Confusion	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	0	0	1	1 (<1%)
Decreased consciousness	0	0	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	1	1 (<1%)
Hallucination	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	0	0	1	1 (<1%)
Infusion site erythema	0	0	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	1	1 (<1%)
Mechanical ventilation complication	0	0	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	1	1 (<1%)
Pallor	0	0	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	1	1 (<1%)
Stridor	0	0	0	0	1	1 (4%)	1	1 (<1%)
Vomiting	0	0	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	1	1 (<1%)
Wheezing	1	1 (<1%)	0	0	0	0	1	1 (<1%)