Ictal central apnea as a predictor for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-403

  Schuele, Stephan U ^a   Afshari, Mitra ^a   Afshari, Zahra S ^a   Macken, Michael P ^a   Asconape, Jorge ^b   Wolfe, Lisa ^a   Gerard, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central apnea; Pulse oximetry; Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ETIRACETAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; OXYGEN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; APNEA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HASHIMOTO ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; ICTAL CENTRAL APNEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; SLEEP; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN UNEXPECTED EPILEPSY DEATH; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL;

EID: 80053383382     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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