People at highest risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

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People at highest risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is the most common condition-related cause of death in chronic epilepsy. New research shows significant risk factors for SUDEP including increased frequency of generalized tonic-clonic seizures, taking more than one anticonvulsant medication, long duration of epilepsy, young age at onset, gender, symptomatic cause, and lamotrigine therapy.

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Tags: Seizure, Seizure Medication, Epilepsy, Drug, Lamictal, Mortality

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Study Profiles People at Highest Risk of Sudden Unepected Death in Epilepsy

newswise.com — “Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most common condition-related cause of death in chronic epilepsy. Case-control studies using living people with epilepsy as controls have aimed at identifying factors that distinguish the epilepsy patient at risk of SUDEP, but there are disagreements between studies and a lack of precision in the risk estimates attributed, in part, to the small number of cases in each study. To counterbalance these study limitations, the Epidemiology Task Force ” View full resource at newswise.com