Antiepileptic drug use and the occurrence of pressure ulcers among bedridden institutionalized elderly patients: A retrospective chart review

In the long-term bedridden institutionalized patients studied, those who received PH had lower rates of pressure ulcers, as well as less severe ulcers. PH may be a useful anticonvulsive agent in frail elderly patients, who are at risk for the development of pressure ulcers.