Sudden Unexplained Death and Epilepsy

Sudden unexplained death in children with epilepsy.

BACKGROUND Sudden unexplained death is a significant cause of mortality in people with epilepsy. Risk factors that have been identified include male sex, poor compliance with medications, and antiepileptic drug (AED) polypharmacy. However, these may not apply to the pediatric population in which the causes of epilepsy differ from the adult population. Therefore, risk factors for sudden unexplai...

Sudden unexpected, unexplained death in epilepsy autopsied patients.

Sudden unexpected, unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has been reported to be responsible for 2 to 17% of all deaths in patients with epilepsy. This study was conducted to determine the circumstances of SUDEP and the autopsy findings in these patients. Fifty-three individuals whose cause of death was related to epilepsy were identified and in 30 cases relatives or friends were interviewed ab...

Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Literature Evaluation & Synthesis Resource

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Risk Factors for Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy

Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy or SUDEP is the term used to describe when a person with epilepsy dies unexpectedly without a clear cause. The condition was first observed in 1854, however, a formal definition is still being debated today. Nashif (1997) presented one of the most widely accepted definitions within the scientific community, which is " the sudden, unexpected, witnessed or un ...

Explaining sudden unexplained death.