Cardiac investigations in sudden unexpected death in DEPDC5-related epilepsy.
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DOI: 10.1002/ana.26256
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Germline loss-of-function mutations in DEPDC5, and in its binding partners (NPRL2/3) of the mTOR repressor GATOR1 complex, cause focal epilepsies and increase the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Here, we asked… read more here.
Keywords: depdc5 related; unexpected death; cardiac investigations; sudden unexpected ... See more keywords
Incidence and associated factors of sudden unexpected death in advanced cancer patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study
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DOI: 10.1002/cam4.4030
Abstract: A sudden unexpected death has significant negative impacts on patients, family caregivers, and medical staff in hospice/palliative care. This study aimed to clarify the incidence and associated factors of sudden unexpected death according to four… read more here.
Keywords: incidence associated; unexpected death; associated factors; cancer ... See more keywords
How the characteristics of pediatric neurologists in Latin America influence the communication of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy to patients and caregivers
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DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12620
Abstract: This study aimed to describe the characteristics of pediatric neurologists (PNs) in Latin America (LA) who attend to children and adolescents with epilepsy and convey to them the risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy… read more here.
Keywords: pediatric neurologists; unexpected death; latin america; characteristics pediatric ... See more keywords
Risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with lamotrigine and other sodium channel‐modulating antiseizure medications
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DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12693
Abstract: In vitro data prompted U.S Food and Drug Administration warnings that lamotrigine, a common sodium channel modulating anti‐seizure medication (NaM‐ASM), could increase the risk of sudden death in patients with structural or ischaemic cardiac disease,… read more here.
Keywords: channel modulating; risk sudden; sodium channel; death ... See more keywords
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. A critical view of the literature.
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DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12722
Abstract: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a sudden, unexpected, witnessed or unwitnessed, nontraumatic and nondrowning death, occurring in benign circumstances, in an individual with epilepsy, with or without evidence for a seizure and excluding… read more here.
Keywords: sudep; unexpected death; death; epilepsy ... See more keywords
[SUDEP in brief - knowledge and practice recommendations on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy].
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DOI: 10.1007/s00115-021-01075-3
Abstract: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the sudden and unexpected death of an epilepsy patient, which occurs under benign circumstances without evidence of typical causes of death. SUDEP concerns all epilepsy patients. The individual… read more here.
Keywords: epilepsy; death; sudep; unexpected death ... See more keywords
Reducing the Risk of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
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DOI: 10.1007/s11940-018-0527-0
Abstract: Purpose of ReviewRecent reports have highlighted an increase in the number of epilepsy-related deaths. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is thought to be the number one cause of death in chronic epilepsy. This review… read more here.
Keywords: epilepsy; risk; sudep; unexpected death ... See more keywords
Cryptococcosis and unexpected death
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DOI: 10.1007/s12024-021-00400-1
Abstract: Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease caused predominantly by Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gatti. It is most often found in immunocompromised individuals and has quite protean and chronic manifestations affecting all body systems. The unexpected death… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; unexpected death; cryptococcosis; pathology ... See more keywords
Cardiovascular causes of sudden unexpected death in children and adolescents (0–17 years)
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DOI: 10.1007/s12471-018-1152-y
Abstract: BackgroundLittle is known about the causes of unexpected death in minors (0–17 years). In young adults an important cause is cardiovascular disease, with primary arrhythmogenic disorders, atherosclerotic events, cardiomyopathies and myocarditis as main contributors. The aim… read more here.
Keywords: death; unexpected death; cardiovascular causes; death minors ... See more keywords
Two autopsy cases of sudden unexpected death from Dravet syndrome with novel de novo SCN1A variants
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DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2019.10.005
Abstract: AIM Dravet syndrome (DS) is characterized by high epilepsy-related premature mortality with a markedly young age at death, however, autopsy report of sudden unexpected death with DS has been fewer than expected. METHODS We report… read more here.
Keywords: death; unexpected death; case; dravet syndrome ... See more keywords
Maximal/exhaustive treadmill test features in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: Search for sudden unexpected death biomarkers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.04.014
Abstract: Autonomic dysfunction may account for sudden unexpected death in patients with epilepsy (PWE). On the other hand, low cardiovascular fitness, which may affect autonomic function, is a risk factor for sudden death and all-cause mortality… read more here.
Keywords: epilepsy; death; unexpected death; treadmill test ... See more keywords