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Epilepsy related mortality.
T he recent concept of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has made clinicians more aware of epilepsy related deaths. With the publication of the National Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy Related Death, the general public and the media became concerned at this apparently new phenomenon. The impact of this audit was such that the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, vowed ‘‘to ...
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The reasons for premature death in paediatric epilepsy are reviewed with reference to recent studies reported in the literature. Ways of informing families of children with epilepsy about the risk of death are discussed, and recommendations for personal practice given.
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E pilepsy is often regarded as a benign condition, but there is little doubt that people with epilepsy are two to three times more likely to die prematurely than those without it. The risk is not uniform over the lifetime of a person with epilepsy, nor across different populations. Epilepsy is a symptom of a variety of conditions, and the mortality may be different for each condition. In the ea...
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Epilepsy carries a significant mortality that, on average, is 2-3 times higher than in the general population. Causes of death in epilepsy are presented. Mortality in epilepsy is assessed by means of particular parameters; the mortality rate, the standardised mortality ratio, and the proportional mortality rate. An overview of their use and significance is given here. A number of epidemiologica...
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate mortality in children with newly diagnosed epilepsy, to determine the risk of death, and to identify predictors of death from the point of diagnosis. DESIGN Prospective community-based cohort of 613 children with newly diagnosed epilepsy. The outcome measure was death. Chi2 Tests were used for bivariate analyses and the Cox proportional hazards model for multivariable a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1994
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-11-7