University of Texas Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Epilepsia. 1997 Nov;38(11 Suppl):S9-12. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb06137.x.
Interest in sudden unexpected and unexplained death in individuals with epilepsy (SUDEP) was rekindled in the United States by Jay and Leestma during the early 1980s and more recently by antiepileptic drug (AED) trials and medicolegal issues. The incidence of SUDEP has been and is being evaluated in North America and the United Kingdom. Specific criteria for the classification of definite, probable, possible, and unlikely SUDEP implemented in United States epidemiologic studies are presented. Evidence for the increased relative risk for sudden death in epilepsy compared with the general population is also discussed.
美国的 Jay 和 Leestma 在 20 世纪 80 年代早期重新燃起了人们对癫痫患者突发性意外不明原因死亡（SUDEP）的兴趣，最近又因抗癫痫药物（AED）试验和法医学问题而受到关注。北美和英国一直在评估 SUDEP 的发病率。本文提出了美国流行病学研究中用于分类明确、可能、可能和不太可能 SUDEP 的具体标准。还讨论了癫痫患者猝死的相对风险高于普通人群的证据。
