The Elephant in the Room: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Patients
Epilepsy is a disease characterized by recurring seizures. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy patients (SUDEP), however rare, is very important. Precautions taken against this devastating and irreversible complication have substantial value. This review is a discussion of the definition of SUDEP, p...
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Galenos Yayinevi
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| description | Epilepsy is a disease characterized by recurring seizures. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy patients (SUDEP), however rare, is very important. Precautions taken against this devastating and irreversible complication have substantial value. This review is a discussion of the definition of SUDEP, possible risk factors, and preventative measures. All neurologists and family medicine practitioners participating in the care of epilepsy patients should be well informed and very aware of this risk and preventative measures, as well as epilepsy patients and their caregivers. More research and programs to raise awareness of SUDEP, a deadly complication of epilepsy, are urgently needed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d17fed12ceb94c21a899dd6ee29f7f712023-08-01T11:13:14ZengGalenos YayineviArchives of Epilepsy2792-05502019-12-0125310911610.14744/epilepsi.2019.1819913049054The Elephant in the Room: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy PatientsPınar BEKDİK ŞİRİNOCAK0Ayşe Deniz ELMALI1Betül BAYKAN2 University of Health Sciences, Derince Training and Research Hospital, Clinic of Neurology Kocaeli, Turkey Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, İstanbul,Turkey Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, İstanbul,Turkey Epilepsy is a disease characterized by recurring seizures. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy patients (SUDEP), however rare, is very important. Precautions taken against this devastating and irreversible complication have substantial value. This review is a discussion of the definition of SUDEP, possible risk factors, and preventative measures. All neurologists and family medicine practitioners participating in the care of epilepsy patients should be well informed and very aware of this risk and preventative measures, as well as epilepsy patients and their caregivers. More research and programs to raise awareness of SUDEP, a deadly complication of epilepsy, are urgently needed. http://archepilepsy.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/the-elephant-in-the-room-sudden-unexplained-death-/54808 epilepsysudden unexpected death in epilepsy patientspreventative measuresrisk factors |
| spellingShingle | Pınar BEKDİK ŞİRİNOCAK Ayşe Deniz ELMALI Betül BAYKAN The Elephant in the Room: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Patients Archives of Epilepsy epilepsy sudden unexpected death in epilepsy patients preventative measures risk factors |
| title | The Elephant in the Room: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Patients |
| title_full | The Elephant in the Room: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Patients |
| title_fullStr | The Elephant in the Room: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Elephant in the Room: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Patients |
| title_short | The Elephant in the Room: Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy Patients |
| title_sort | elephant in the room sudden unexplained death in epilepsy patients |
| topic | epilepsy sudden unexpected death in epilepsy patients preventative measures risk factors |
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