Severe postictal laryngospasm as a potential mechanism for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A near-miss in an EMU

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2113-2117

  Tavee, Jinny ^a   Morris III, Harold ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Laryngospasm; Sudden death; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC AURA; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX SPASM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESUSCITATION; STRIDOR; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LARYNGISMUS; MALE; PHENYTOIN; RESPIRATION DISORDERS;

EID: 57449091876     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01781.x     Document Type: Article

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