Seizure related accidents and injuries in childhood

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 3 A, 2008, Pages 458-461

  Buffo, Thais Helena ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a   Tai, Peter ^a   Montenegro, Maria Augusta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accident; Children; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; LAMOTRIGINE; NITRAZEPAM; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SEIZURE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAZIL; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 52949139804     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2008000400003     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Hauser WA, Hesdorffer DC (Eds). Epilepsy: frequency, causes and consequences. New York: Demos, 1990.
2. Appleton RE and The Mersey region paedietric epilepsy interest group. Seizure-related injuries in children with newly diagnosed and untreated epilepsy. Epilepsia 2002;43:764-767.
3. Sherrard J, Ozanne-Smith J, Staines C. Prevention of unintentional injury to people with intellectual disability: a review of the evidence. J Intellect Disabil Res 2004;48:639-645.
4. Tomson T, Beghi E, Sundqvist A, Johannessen S I. Medical risks in epilepsy: a review with focus on physical injuries, mortality, traffic accidents and their prevention. Epilepsy Res 2004;60:1-16.
5. Wirrell EC, Camfield PR, Camfield CS, Dooley JM, Gordon KE. Accidental injury is a serious risk in children with typical absence epilepsy. Arch Neurol 1996;53:929-932.
6. Beghi E, Cornaggia C; The RESt-1 Group. Morbidity and accidents in patients with epilepsy: results of a European cohort study. Epilepsia 2002;43:1076-1083.
7. Souza KT, Guerreiro MM, Guerreiro CAM. Accident risk in patients with epilepsy. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2008;66:175-178.
8. Neufeld MY, Vishne T, Chistik V, Korczyn AD. Life-long history of injuries related to seizures. Epilepsy Res 1999;34:123-127.
9. Wirrel EC. Epilepsy-related injuries. Epilepsia 2006;47(Suppl 1):S79-S86.
10. Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League against Epilepsy. Proposal for revised classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes. Epilepsia 1989;30:389-399.
11. Pearn J, Bart R, Yamaoka R. Drowning risks to epileptic children: a study from Hawaii. Br Med J 1978;2:1284-1285.
12. Lawn ND, Bamlet WR, Radhakrishnan K, O'Brien PC, So EL. Injuries due to seizures in persons with epilepsy: a population-based study. Neurology 2004;63:1565-1570.
13. Spitz MC, Towbin JA, Shantz D, Adler LE. Risk factors for burns as a consequence of seizures in persons with epilepsy. Epilepsia 1994;35:764-767.
14. Toledo JC, Lowe MR. Microwave oven injuries with complex partial seizures. Epilepsy Behav 2004;5:772-774.
15. Unglaub F, Woodruff S, Demir E, Pallua N. Patients with epilepsy: a high-risk population prone to severe burns as a consequence of seizures while showering. J Burn Care Rehabil 2005;26:526-528.
16. Kirsch R, Wirrell E. Do cognitively normal children with epilepsy have a higher rate of injury than their nonepileptic peers? J Child Neurol 2001;16:100-104.
17. Ziegler AL, Reinberg O, Deonna T. Epilepsy and accidents: what is the risk in children? Arch Pediatr 1994;1:801-805.
18. Russell-Jones DL, Shorvon SD. The frequency and consequences of head injury in epileptic seizures. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1989;52:659-662.
19. Tai PC, Gross DW. Exacerbation of pre-existing epilepsy by mild head injury: a five patient series. Can J Neurol Sci 2004; 31:394-397.