165 results for “epilepsy”
38y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Chantal Maree Godwin, a 38-year-old woman with left temporal lobe epilepsy since childhood, died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) in February 2020. She had experience…
52y · Female·Presumed SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy)
…ith Trisomy 21 and early-onset Alzheimer's disease, died from presumed SUDEP (Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy) at Royal Melbourne Hospital. She was diagnosed with genetic generalised epilepsy in September 2019 follo…
55y · Male·Sudden and unexpected death in epilepsy
…ilvio Rolfo, a 55-year-old man with lifelong intellectual disability, autism, and longstanding infrequent epilepsy, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) at his supported living residence. He was found on…
24y · Male·Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
Aaron Forte, a 24-year-old man with epilepsy, Jacob's XXY Syndrome, intellectual disability, and schizophrenia, died of sudden unexpected death in epi…
68y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Christopher Ronald Donnelly, aged 68, died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). He had a 5-year history of seizures managed with antiepileptic medications, including a recent s…
29y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Dean Broughton, a 29-year-old man with hyperekplexia and possible epilepsy living in an assisted living facility, was found deceased at home. Autopsy and review of medical records …
34y · Male·sudden unexpected death in a person with epilepsy (SUDEP)
Samuel Anthony Plummer, aged 34, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) at his assisted living residence. He had longstanding epilepsy managed with sodium valproate and …
14y · Female·Drowning in a person with epilepsy
PCH, a 14-year-old girl in out-of-home care with a history of epilepsy, drowned in a river while washing her hair during a family camping trip. She had experienced increased se…
28y · Female·complications of epilepsy
Carney Schultz, a 28-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and epilepsy, died on 21 April 2015 at a group home. She experienced a seizure around 3:20am managed by a disability s…
25y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Steven John Dixon, a 25-year-old prisoner with a long-standing history of epilepsy, died of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) while incarcerated. He had experienced previous seiz…
45y · Male·Complications of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
…aut syndrome living in residential care, was found unresponsive and died from complications of his severe epilepsy. His seizures had increased in frequency and severity in early 2017. A neurologist prescribed lamotrigine…
46y · Male·Myocardial fibrosis in a man with epilepsy
Nikos Vourdoulidis, a 46-year-old man with intellectual disability and epilepsy, died from myocardial fibrosis in the setting of epilepsy. He collapsed in a shower in November 2008 and …
61y · Female·Alzheimer's Dementia and epilepsy in the setting of Down syndrome, hypothyroidis…
Luana Janiece Ross, a 61-year-old woman with Down syndrome, Alzheimer's dementia, and epilepsy, collapsed at home while being assisted with her morning routine and died shortly after. Paramedics respo…
53y · Female·Complications of post-natal encephalitis including epilepsy; sudden unexpected n…
…seizure one week prior. Post-mortem examination showed she died from sudden unexpected nocturnal death in epilepsy (SUDEP), likely triggered by a terminal seizure occurring while asleep. Her anti-convulsant medication le…
40y · Male·Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) resulting from post-traumatic brain …
Shane Masters died from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) 12 years after sustaining a severe traumatic brain injury at work. On 19 May 2008, a hydraulic ja…
13y · Male·Epileptic seizure with aspiration
Child L, a 13-year-old boy with autism, cognitive impairment and poorly controlled generalised epilepsy, died from sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) with aspiration. His seizures remained refractory …
39y · Male·most likely suicide; possibly accidental death from untreated epilepsy or natura…
Martin Page, a 39-year-old man with epilepsy, schizophrenia or Asperger's syndrome, severe obsessive-compulsive behaviours, and intellectual disabilit…
53y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with Down syndrome and dementia; epilepsy
Raymond Giles, a 53-year-old man with Down syndrome, dementia, epilepsy and recurrent chest infections, died of pneumonia while in residential care. On the morning of his death,…
65y · Female·Ischaemic heart disease (coronary artery atherosclerosis); probable cardiac arrh…
…he probable cause. The coroner noted critical gaps in medical documentation—baseline conditions including epilepsy and intellectual disability were not recorded in either the residential unit or GP records. This document…
29y · Male·Bronchopneumonia in a man with epilepsy
Hussan Rushton, a 29-year-old man with epilepsy, spastic quadriplegia, dysphasia and cortical blindness in full-time residential care, died from bronchop…
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