SUDEP in the Netherlands

SUDEP in the Netherlands

We would like to respond to the letter sent by Dr. Bell and Dr. Sander on 6th March. Firstly, the establishment of survivor status for all attendees of the tertiary referral centre for epilepsy is questioned. Through the electronical patient record system, which is continually updated, we obtained an exact number of deaths in our patient population. Consequently, there is no reason to believe a...

SUDEP in the Netherlands: A retrospective study in a tertiary referral center

OBJECTIVE To evaluate risk factors for sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in a high-risk population, i.e. patients treated in a Dutch tertiary referral center for epilepsy. METHODS All patients who died between January 1999 and April 2004 while under treatment of the epilepsy center were identified. Based on clinical data, deaths were classified as definite, probable, possible or...

SUDEP: The First Case Series in Turkey.

INTRODUCTION Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is defined as the sudden, unexpected, witnessed or unwitnessed, non-traumatic, and non-drowning death of patients with epilepsy with or without evidence of a seizure, excluding documented status epilepticus, and in whom postmortem examinations do not reveal a toxicological or anatomic cause for death. In this study, data on patients who p...

Facing up to SUDEP.

Epilepsy is a chronic condition that affects approximately 2.3 million people in the United States. Approximately one-third of people with epilepsy continue to have seizures despite adequate medication trials and adherence to medical recommendations. People of all races and backgrounds, young and old, are affected by epilepsy from a variety of etiologies, and epilepsy carries a high burden of c...

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