Sudden unexpected death in patients with epilepsy receiving renal replacement therapy with dialysis: a 17-year experience at a single institution.
Epilepsy is the most common acquired chronic neurological disorder; each year about 1 in a 1000 patients with chronic epilepsy die suddenly, unexpectedly, and without explanation, even with postmortem examination (SUDEP). Seizure incidence is approximately 10% in patients with chronic renal failure and hemodialysis-associated seizure has been considered to be a common complication of people on hemodialysis treatment. Considering this, we evaluated the incidence of seizures in 189 patients under dialytic treatment.
Disciplina de Neurologia Experimental, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. scorza.nexp@epm.br
Fulvio A
FA
Scorza
Marcello
M
Scattolini
Roberta M
RM
Cysneiros
Ricardo M
RM
Arida
Marly
M
De Albuquerque
Vera C
VC
Terra
Hélio R
HR
Machado
Rui A
RA
Gomes
Silvana
S
Kesrouani
Jenner
J
Cruz
Fátima C M
FC
Pelarigo
Alexandre L
AL
Silva
Tânia M G
TM
Henriques
Esper A
EA
Cavalheiro
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors
D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3