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*Hitiris N, Suratman S, Kelly K, Stephen LJ, Sills GJ, and Brodie MJ (2007): [[Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A search for risk factors]]
*Hitiris N, Suratman S, Kelly K, Stephen LJ, Sills GJ, and Brodie MJ (2007): [[Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A search for risk factors]]
*Hockman CH, Duffin J, Rupert AH, and Vachon BR(1974): [[Phase-switching of respiration induced by central gray and hippocampal stimulation in the cat]]
*Hockman CH, Duffin J, Rupert AH, and Vachon BR(1974): [[Phase-switching of respiration induced by central gray and hippocampal stimulation in the cat]]
*HOFF HE and BRECKENRIDGE CG (1952): [[Levels of integration of respiratory patterns]]
*Hoff HE and Breckenridge CG (1952): [[Levels of integration of respiratory patterns]]
*Hopkins DA and Holstege G (1978): [[Amygdaloid projections to the mesencephalon, pons and medulla oblongata in the cat]]
*Hopkins DA and Holstege G (1978): [[Amygdaloid projections to the mesencephalon, pons and medulla oblongata in the cat]]
*Horrocks IA, Nechay A, Stephenson JBP, and Zuberi SM (2005): [[Anoxic-epileptic seizures: observational study of epileptic seizures induced by syncopes]]
*Horrocks IA, Nechay A, Stephenson JBP, and Zuberi SM (2005): [[Anoxic-epileptic seizures: observational study of epileptic seizures induced by syncopes]]
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Revision as of 23:46, 25 July 2017


An increased risk of sudden death has been reported in patients with epilepsy since the late 1800s, and possibly much earlier (DeToledo et al., 1999; Doherty, 2004). In the past two decades sudden unexpected (or unexplained) death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has received increasing attention and been recognized as more widespread than previously believed. Despite the recent increase in awareness, “systematic well funded research remains limited. The medical literature contains much repetition, with effort spent on re-analysing data with substantial methodological limitations,” (Tomson et al., 2008). In addition to the need for better clinical and basic science studies, and improved epidemiological data, there is also a need for increased cognizance and understanding of SUDEP among neurologists and other physicians as well as patients and families.

A massive literature on SUDEP and closely related phenomena exists, with many studies having considerable overlap. Many isolated case reports have been published, and considering them collectively increases their informative power. To facilitate comparison of related articles, annotations are provided for most entries in this bibliography, and these are hyperlinked where applicable to other articles’ in the hope of permitting a more efficient synthesis of the literature. To further promote direct consultation of the primary literature, references are hyperlinked to their digital object identifier when available, permitting an interested reader one-click access to the original publication. An index is provided, and its entries link back to the site of their appearance in the bibliography. Because the SUDEP literature contains “much repetition,” it is hoped that this ‘active document’ approach will permit readers to navigate through relevant publications more efficiently, with the ultimate aim of improved patient care and better mechanistic understanding of the process, both of which have the potential to reduce SUDEP deaths.

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Gilbert R, Salanti G, Harden M, and See S (2005): Infant sleeping position and the sudden infant death syndrome: systematic review of observational studies and historical review of recommendations from 1940 to 2002

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