Temporal trends and autopsy findings of SUDEP based on medico-legal investigations in the United States.

Esma Karlovich Orrin Devinsky Dale C HesdorfferMichael BrandsoyLing LiDavid R FowlerJason K GrahamMichael W KarlovichJaclyn E YangAnne E KellerElizabeth J DonnerDaniel Friedman

Published in: Neurology (2020)

There was a decreasing monotonic trend in ME-investigated SUDEP incidence over 8 years, with a 28% reduction in incidence from 2009-2012 to 2013-2016. Unlike SIDS and sudden cardiac death, we found no correlation between SUDEP and the season of year or day of week. No autopsy findings distinguished SUDEP from non-SUDEP deaths.

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