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ArticleIndian pediatrics2020

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) - What Pediatricians Need to Know.

Divyani Garg, Suvasini Sharma

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Article in Indian pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Divyani GargDepartment of Neurology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Suvasini SharmaDepartment of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. Correspondence to: Dr Suvasini Sharma, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi 110 001, India. sharma.suvasini@gmail.com.
Lady Hardinge Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a devastating complication in children with epilepsy. Children with generalized tonic-clonic convulsions, nocturnal seizures, and co-morbid developmental delay/intellectual disability are at higher risk of SUDEP. The pathogenic mechanisms are incompletely understood and involve cardiac, respiratory, autonomic and cerebral dysfunction. Prone positioning is also significantly associated with SUDEP and may be a target for SUDEP prevention. Good epilepsy control also attenuates the risk; hence, it is important to provide adequate antiepileptic drug therapy with stress on drug compliance as well as early surgical referral for seizure control, wherever necessary. It is recommended that parents of children with epilepsy be counseled about the risk factors for SUDEP and potential measures of SUDEP prevention. We herein provide a pediatric perspective of the problem and guidance about parental counselling for its prevention.

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EpilepsySudden Unexpected Death in EpilepsyAnticonvulsantsChildDeath, SuddenHumansPediatriciansRisk FactorsAnticonvulsants

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