Comparing Seizure‐Related Death and Suicide in Younger Adults with Epilepsy
Autor: | Anne Sabers, Peter Uldall, Thomas Hadberg Lynge, Bo Gregers Winkel, Jacob Tfelt-Hansen, Ioannis Tsiropoulos, Philippe Ryvlin, Marius Kløvgaard, Jytte Banner |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Population MEDLINE Danish Young Adult Epilepsy Risk Factors Seizures Cause of Death medicine Seizure control Humans Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy Adverse effect education Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease language.human_language Suicide Mood Neurology Younger adults language Female Neurology (clinical) business |
Zdroj: | Kløvgaard, M, Lynge, T H, Tsiropoulos, I, Uldall, P V, Banner, J, Winkel, B G, Ryvlin, P, Tfelt-Hansen, J & Sabers, A 2021, ' Comparing seizure-related death and suicide in younger adults with epilepsy ', Annals of Neurology, vol. 90, no. 6, pp. 983-987 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.26227 |
ISSN: | 1531-8249 0364-5134 |
Popis: | Younger adults with epilepsy have an increased mortality. Some deaths are seizure-related, e.g. sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), while others, e.g. suicide, have multiple causes including adverse effects of the treatment on mood. In this retrospective population-based study of all Danish persons with epilepsy aged 18-49 years during 2007-2009 we evaluated the risk of death from seizures and suicide. SUDEP comprised 82.7% of all seizure-related death. Younger adults with epilepsy had an 8.3-fold increased risk of death from seizure-related causes compared with suicide. This underpins the importance of effective seizure control in preventing premature death. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
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