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EPILEPSIA
Volume 51, Issue 5, Pages 916-920Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02513.x
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Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; SUDEP; Epilepsy monitoring unit; Hypoxemia; Hypercapnia
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P>Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a common cause of death in patients with epilepsy, with cardiorespiratory dysfunction and a primary cessation of cerebral function proposed as causes. We report two cases of SUDEP in patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy undergoing video-EEG (electroencephalography) telemetry at two centers. Both had secondarily generalized convulsions. EEG, electrocardiography (ECG), and respiratory changes in these two patients are reported herein. Ictal/postictal hypoventilation may contribute to SUDEP with the resulting hypoxemia and acidosis leading to failure of recovery of cortical function and eventual cardiac failure.
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