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1: Seizure. 2002 Oct;11(7):446-8.Click here to read Links

Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) following previous seizure-related pulmonary oedema: case report and review of possible preventative treatment.

Swallow RA, Hillier CE, Smith PE.

The Welsh Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK.

We report a seizure-related death in a patient with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy 3 months following a previous generalised tonic-clonic seizure complicated by pulmonary oedema. Seizure-related pulmonary oedema is rare but may indicate an increased susceptibility to epilepsy related death. We consider possible preventative measures for patients presenting with seizure-related pulmonary oedema.

PMID: 12237072 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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