Low Epilepsy-related Mortality in Children

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Nickels KC, Grossardt BR, Wirrell EC. Epilepsy-related mortality is low in children: a 30-year population-based study in Olmsted County, MN. Epilepsia. 2012; 53( 12): 2164- 2171; doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03661.x[OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] Researchers at the Mayo Clinic conducted a study of epilepsy-related mortality and sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) in a 30-year population-based cohort of children with epilepsy. The Medical Diagnostic Index of the Rochester Epidemiology Project was searched for all codes related to seizure and convulsion in children ≤17 years old living in Olmsted County, MN from 1980 through 2009. Medical records of the identified children were reviewed and those with new-onset epilepsy were included in the analyses. Data on potential risk factors such as seizure type and control, epilepsy syndrome, epilepsy outcome, and presence and severity of neurologic impairment were abstracted. If children … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DEpilepsia%26rft.volume%253D53%26rft.spage%253D2164%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1111%252Fj.1528-1167.2012.03661.x%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F22989286%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03661.x&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=22989286&link_type=MED&atom=%2Faapgrand%2F29%2F3%2F30.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000312218000020&link_type=ISI