PubMed Health⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

Michael R. Sperling

Publications and source records attributed to Michael R. Sperling.

2 recordsLinked to original sources

Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy.

Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) accounts for 7-17% of deaths among people with epilepsy. Both cardiac and pulmonary derangement have been postulated as proximate causes. Patients with uncontrolled seizures are at greatest risk for SUDEP, and experiencing tonic-clonic seizures, taking multiple antiepileptic drugs and having coexisting neurologic disease further increase the risk.

Journal Article↗