Ventilatory response to CO2 in patients with epilepsy.

Rup K SainjuDeidre N DragonHarold B WinnikeMarcus B NashelskyMark A GrannerBrian K GehlbachGeorge B Richerson

Published in: Epilepsia (2019)

Measurement of the HCVR is well tolerated and can be performed rapidly and safely at the bedside in the EMU. A subset of individuals has a very low sensitivity to CO2 , and this group is more likely to have a prolonged increase in postictal CO2 after GCS. Low interictal HCVR may increase the risk of severe respiratory depression and SUDEP after GCS and warrants further study.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
early onset
sleep quality
temporal lobe epilepsy
respiratory tract
drug induced