Mortality in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.

Russell NightscalesLara McCartneyClarissa AuvrezGerard TaoSarah BarnardCharles B Malpas Piero Perucca Anne M McIntosh Zhibin Chen MBiostat Shobi SivathambooSophia IgnatiadisSimon JonesSophia AdamsMark J Cook Patrick Kwan Dennis Velakoulis Wendyl J D'Souza Samuel Frank Berkovic Terence J O'Brien

Published in: Neurology (2020)

Patients diagnosed with PNES have a SMR 2.5 times above the general population, dying at a rate comparable to those with drug-resistant epilepsy. This emphasizes the importance of prompt diagnosis, identification of risk factors, and implementation of appropriate strategies to prevent potential avoidable deaths.

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