Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2001
Abstract
Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) accounts for 7-17% of deaths among people with epilepsy. Both cardiac and pulmonary derangement have been postulated as proximate causes. Patients with uncontrolled seizures are at greatest risk for SUDEP, and experiencing tonic-clonic seizures, taking multiple antiepileptic drugs and having coexisting neurologic disease further increase the risk.
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
21
Last Page
23
ISSN
1535-7597
Published In/Presented At
Sperling M. R. (2001). Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy. Epilepsy currents, 1(1), 21–23. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1535-7597.2001.00012.x
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15309034
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article
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