Naslov
Mortality of epileptic patients

Autori
Šepić-Grahovac, Dubravka ; Willheim, Ksenija ; Jurjević, Ante ; Sepčić, Juraj

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Abstracts of the Meeting of the European Federation of Neurological Societies. European Journal of Neurology. Vol 4 Suppl 1 June 1997. / Gerstenbrandt, Franz ; Tichy, Jiri - London : Delhi : European Federation of Neurological Societes, 1997, S137-S138

Skup
Meeting of the European Federation of Neurological Societies

Mjesto i datum
Prag, Češka Republika, 04.06.1997. - 08.06.1997

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Epilepsy; Status epilepticus; Mortality

Sažetak
A rare but important cause of death in patients with epilepsy is epilepsy-related death, which includes status epilepticus (SE), death after a single seizure, accidents and sudden unexpected death (SUD). The cause of SUD is unknown ; it is probably related to seizure, hypoxia or cardiac arrhythmias. The aim of our study was to analiyse the mortality of epileptic patients who were admitted at hospital in epileptic status. We analysed 26 patients, aged 20-83 ; 14 (54%) male and 12 (46%) female. In 92% SE was the consequence of therapy absence in patients with long term epilepsy, while in 8% it was the first sign of epilepsy. SE was successfully treated in 21 patients (81%). The rest of 5 (19%) patients did not survive. Two of them where elderly patients ; one had epilepsy as a result of cerebrovascular disease and the other as a result of injury of the brain. They died with the diagnostic of cardio-respiratory decompensation. Three patients died suddenly and unexpectelly when the seizures ceased (interictal phase of epilepsy). Those patients were younger and suffered from primary generalised seizures in idiopathic epilepsy.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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