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Review
. 1988 Aug;9(8):933-6.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a062590.

Acute neurogenic pulmonary oedema following generalized tonic clonic seizure. A case report and a review of the literature

U Fredberg  1 , H E Bøtker, F K Rømer
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Review

Acute neurogenic pulmonary oedema following generalized tonic clonic seizure. A case report and a review of the literature

U Fredberg et al. Eur Heart J. 1988 Aug.

Abstract

A case of acute neurogenic pulmonary oedema following a generalized tonic clonic seizure is presented. The condition is rare and the exact pathophysiology is unknown. Pulmonary oedema is a serious complication of epileptic seizures, however, and the importance of awareness of this condition and its treatment is emphasized by a high mortality rate in older epileptics and by the demonstration of pulmonary oedema in recent series of young epileptics who died suddenly.

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