Falls In Blood Oxygen Levels May Be Key To Sudden Death In Some Epilepsy Patients

A new study by researchers at UC Davis Medical Center suggests that the sudden unexplained deaths of some epilepsy patients may be a result of their brains not telling their bodies to breathe during seizures. “Significant drops in blood oxygen levels are more common than we thought in patients with partial seizures,” said study senior author Masud Seyal, a professor of neurology at UC Davis Medical Center and director of the UC Davis Comprehensive Epilepsy Program.

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Filed under: Epilepsy on November 21st, 2008