Sudden unexpected death in patients with epilepsy receiving renal replacement therapy with dialysis: A 17-year experience at a single institution

Scorza, Fulvio A. [UNIFESP]; Scattolini, Marcello [UNIFESP]; Cysneiros, Roberta M.; Arida, Ricardo M. [UNIFESP]; De Albuquerque, Marly [UNIFESP]; Terra, Vera C.; Machado, Helio R.; Gomes, Rui A.; Kesrouani, Silvana; Cruz, Jenner; Pelarigo, Fatima C. M.; Silva, Alexandre L.; Henriques, Tania M. G.; Cavalheiro, Esper A. [UNIFESP]

Sudden unexpected death in patients with epilepsy receiving renal replacement therapy with dialysis: A 17-year experience at a single institution

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2010-10-01

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Scorza, Fulvio A.

Scattolini, Marcello

Cysneiros, Roberta M.

Arida, Ricardo M.

De Albuquerque, Marly

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Resumo

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.

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Hemodialysis International. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, v. 14, n. 4, p. 364-369, 2010.