Dmcn Podcast: Discussion Of Paper 'risks And Causes Of Death In Children With A Seizure Disorder' July 2012

Discussion with Dr. Peter Baxter, Editor of Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Dr. Rob Forsyth, Paediatric Neurologist in the Institute of Neuroscience at Newcastle University, whom is one of the authors, and Professor Frank Besag, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist in Bedford and London. Discussion on the following paper published in the July 2012 issue of DMCN, volume 54, issue 7, pages 612-617 entitled 'Risk and causes of death in children with a seizure disorder' Authors: Victoria Nesbitt, Martin Kirkpatrick, Gale Pearson, Allan Colvers, Rob Forsyth DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04295.x Aim To describe the frequency and causes of death in children with epilepsy, ascertain the contribution of seizure disorder to cause of death, and compare with rates of sudden unexplained death in children without epilepsy. Awareness of the increased mortality of people with epilepsy and the need for appropriate counselling has grown in the past decade. In the UK a 2002 National Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy-R