doi: 10.1046/j.1535-7597.2001.00012.x.
Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy
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Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy
Epilepsy Curr.
2001 Sep.
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.
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