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Proceedings of the Sleep and Epilepsy Workshop: Section 3 Mortality: Sleep, Night, and SUDEP.
Epilepsy Curr
March 2021
Department of Neurology, 1861Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the leading cause of death in patients with refractory epilepsy. Likely pathophysiological mechanisms include seizure-induced cardiac and respiratory dysregulation. A frequently identified feature in SUDEP cases is that they occur at night.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNon-contrast head CT-based thrombolysis for wake-up/unknown onset stroke is safe: A single-center study and meta-analysis.
Int J Stroke
March 2022
Department of Neurology, 12339University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, USA.
Background: Recent studies have shown that tPA can be safely administered past the standard 4.5 h window with good outcomes when selected with multi-model imaging, which is often lacking outside of comprehensive stroke centers.
Aim: We aim to analyze the safety and outcomes of wake up/unknown onset (WUS/UNK) patients treated based on non-contrast head CT (NCCT) at our institution and in the literature.