Doherty Michael J
Swedish Epilepsy Center, 801 Broadway, Suite 901, Seattle, WA 98122, USA.
Epilepsy Behav. 2004 Aug;5(4):598-600. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.03.010.
Patsy Custis, George Washington's stepdaughter, died suddenly during a brief seizure in 1773. Accounts of Patsy's illness and unexpected death were abstracted from George Washington's papers available via the Library of Congress. Patsy's epilepsy, the treatments she received, and his descriptions of her death were studied. Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) criteria are applied and discussed. George Washington's description of Patsy's epilepsy and subsequent death meet criteria for SUDEP.
乔治·华盛顿的继女帕齐· Custis于1773年在一次短暂的癫痫发作中突然去世。帕齐患病及意外死亡的记录摘自可通过美国国会图书馆获取的乔治·华盛顿的文件。对帕齐的癫痫、她接受的治疗以及他对她死亡的描述进行了研究。应用并讨论了癫痫性猝死(SUDEP)的标准。乔治·华盛顿对帕齐癫痫及随后死亡的描述符合SUDEP的标准。