<unk> <unk>  is a fatal complication of epilepsy. It is defined as the<unk>  and<unk> , non-traumatic and non-drowning<unk>  of a person with epilepsy, without a toxicological or anatomical cause of<unk>  detected during the post-mortem examination. While the mechanisms underlying<unk>  are still poorly understood, it is possibly the most common cause of<unk>  as a result of complications from epilepsy, accounting for between 7.5 and 17% of all epilepsy-related<unk> s and 50% of all<unk> s in refractory epilepsy. The causes of<unk>  seem to be multifactorial and include respiratory, cardiac and cerebral factors as well as the severity of epilepsy and seizures. Proposed pathophysiological mechanisms include seizure-induced cardiac and respiratory arrests.<unk>  occurs in about 1 in 1,000 adults and 1 in 4,500 children with epilepsy a year. Rates of<unk>  as a result of prolonged seizures (status epilepticus) are not classified as<unk> .
Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome
Photosensitive epilepsy
Northern epilepsy syndrome
Musicogenic epilepsy
Hypertensive emergency
Generalized epilepsy
Post-traumatic epilepsy