SUDEP: Overview of definitions and review of incidence data

Seizure

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 347-352

  Annegers, John F ^a   Coan, Sharon Pasternak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Seizures; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032885518     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0306     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Bacon G. M. On the modes of death in epilepsy. Lancet. 1:1868;555-556.
2. Munson J. F. Death in epilepsy. Medical Record. 77:1910;58-62.
3. Jay G. W., Leestma J. E. Sudden death in epilepsy. A comprehensive review of the literature and proposed mechanisms. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica Supplementum. 82:1981;1-66.
4. Leestma J., Kalelkar M., Teas S., Jay G., Hughes J. Sudden unexpected death associated with seizures: analysis of 66 cases. Epilepsia. 25:1984;84-88.
5. Zielinski J. J. Epilepsy and mortality rate and cause of death. Epilepsia. 15:1974;191-201.
6. Hauser W. A., Annegers J. F., Elveback L. R. Mortality in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia. 21:1980;399-412.
7. Cockerell O. C., Johnson A. L., Sander J. W., Hart Y. M., Goodridge D. M., Shorvon S. D. Mortality from epilepsy: results from a prospective population-based study [see comments]. Lancet. 344:1994;918-921.
8. Nashef L., Sander W. A. S., Fish D. R., Shorvon S. D. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: terminology and definitions [abstract]. Epilepsia. 37 (Suppl. 4):1996;43.
9. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 37:1988;191-194.
10. Leestma J. E., Annegers J. F., Brodie M. J. et al. Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy: observations from a large clinical development program. Epilepsia. 38:1997;47-55.
11. Tennis P., Cole T. B., Annegers J. F., Leestma J. E., McNutt M., Rajput A. Cohort study of incidence of sudden unexplained death in persons with seizure disorder treated with antiepileptic drugs in Saskatchewan, Canada. Epilepsia. 36:1995;29-36.
12. Jick S. S., Cole T. B., Mesher R. A., Tennis P., Jick H. Idiopathic epilepsy and sudden unexplained death. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 1:1992;59-64.
13. Leppik I. E., Rarick J. O., Walczak T. et al. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs. (Abstract). Epilepsia. 39 (Suppl 6):1998;69-70.
14. Annegers J. F., Coan S. P., Hauser W. A., Leestma J., Duffell W., Tarver B. Epilepsy, vagal nerve stimulation by the NCP system, mortality, and sudden, unexpected, unexplained death. Epilepsia. 39:1998;206-212.
15. Ficker D. M., So E. L., Shen W. K. et al. Population-based study of the incidence of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy. Neurology. 51:1998;1270-1274.
16. Leppik I. E. Tiagabine: The safety landscape. Epilepsia. 36 (Suppl 6):1995;S10-S13.
17. Leestma J. E., Walczak T., Hughes J. R., Kalelkar M. B., Teas S. S. A prospective study on sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Annals of Neurology. 26:1989;195-203.
18. Timmings P. L. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: a local audit. Seizure. 2:1993;287-290.
19. Klenerman P., Sander J. W., Shorvon S. D. Mortality in patients with epilepsy: a study of patients in long term residential care. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 56:1993;149-152.
20. Derby L. E., Tennis P., Jick H. Sudden unexplained death among subjects with refractory epilepsy. Epilepsia. 37:1996;931-935.
21. Nashef L., Fish D. R., Sander J. W., Shorvon S. D. Incidence of sudden unexpected death in an adult outpatient cohort with epilepsy at a teritary referral centre. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. 58:1995;462-464.
22. Physician's Desk Reference. 1996;Medical Economics, Montvale. p. 1992-1924.
23. Lip G. Y., Brodie M. J. Sudden death in epilepsy: an avoidable outcome? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 85:1992;609-611.
24. Nashef L., Fish D. R., Garner S., Sander J. W., Shorvon S. D. Sudden death in epilepsy: a study of incidence in a young cohort with epilepsy and learning difficulty. Epilepsia. 36:1995;1187-1194.
25. Dasheiff R. M. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: a series from an epilepsy surgery program and speculation on the relationship to sudden cardiac death. Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 8:1991;216-222.
26. L. R. Elveback, D. C. Connolly, L. T. Kurland, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1981, 665, 672.
27. Escobedo L. G., Zack M. M. Comparison of sudden and non-sudden coronary deaths in the United States. Circulation. 93:1996;2033-2036.
28. Neuspiel D. R., Kuller L. H. Sudden and unexpected natural death in childhood and adolescence. Journal of the American Medical Association. 254:1985;1321-1325.
29. Shen W. K., Edwards W. D., Hammill S. C., Bailey K. R., Ballard D. J., Gersh B. J. Sudden unexpected non-traumatic death in 54 young adults: a 30-year population-based study. American Journal of Cardiology. 76:1995;148-152.
30. Hauser W. A., Annegers J. F., Kurland L. T. Prevalence of epilepsy in Rochester, Minnesota, 1935-1984. Epilepsia. 32:1991;429-445.