Mortality, and life expectancy in Epilepsy and Status epilepticus—current trends and future aspects

Mortality, and life expectancy in Epilepsy and Status epilepticus—current trends and future aspects

Patients with epilepsy carry a risk of premature death which is on average two to three times higher than in the general population. The risk of death is not homogenously distributed over all ages, etiologies, and epilepsy syndromes. People with drug resistant seizures carry the highest risk of deat...

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Main Authors: Eugen Trinka, Lucas J. Rainer, Claudia A. Granbichler, Georg Zimmermann, Markus Leitinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Epidemiology
Subjects:
seizures
death rate
standardized mortality ratio
case fatality
epilepsy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fepid.2023.1081757/full

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