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1. Introduction
2. Natural history of disease
3. Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy
4. Prevalence of epilepsy
5. Prevalence of epilepsy in recent surveys
6. Prevalence of epilepsy in adults in recent surveys
7. Estimated prevalence of epilepsy worldwide
8. Incidence of all convulsive disorders
9. Incidence of epilepsy per 100,000
10. Prevalence of unprovoked seizures by seizure type
11. Incidence of unprovoked seizures by etiology
12. Etiology - developed vs.non-developed countries
13. Etiology of incidence epilepsy (people 60 or older)
14. Meta-analyses of incidence rates
15. Commonalities in incidence over time
16. Temporal changes in epilepsy incidence - adults
17. Temporal changes in epilepsy incidence - children
18. Estimated yearly new onset epilepsy world-wide
19. Risk factors for childhood onset epilepsy
20. Epilepsy risk factors OR's - specialty clinic studies
21. Epilepsy risk factors OR's - birth cohorts
22. Risk for epilepsy after hypoxia in infants
23. Risk for epilepsy after neonatal seizures
24. Risk factors for epilepsy after neonatal seizures
25. Mental retardation, cerebral palsy: epilepsy risk
26. Cumulative epilepsy risk after mental retardation
27. Autism and risk for epilepsy
28. Risk for unprovoked seizures after febrile seizure
29. Odds ratios for different types of seizures
30. Conclusions - risk factors for epilepsy in childhood
31. Risk factors for epilepsy in children and adults
32. Epilepsy risk factors: established and new
33. Risk of epilepsy in 1st degree relatives
34. Civilian traumatic brain injury and seizures
35. Military traumatic brain injury and seizures
36. Risk for traumatic brain injury after epilepsy onset
37. Stroke and epilepsy - a bidirectional relationship
38. CNS infection & risk for unprovoked seizure
39. Dementia & risk for unprovoked seizures
40. The occurrence of epilepsy and brain tumors
41. Migraine as a risk factor for seizures and epilepsy
42. Neuropsychiatric risk factors for epilepsy
43. ADHD & incident unprovoked seizures in children
44. Depression as a risk factor for epilepsy
45. Antidepressant drugs & seizure incidence
46. Suicide attempt as a risk factor for epilepsy
47. Risk for recurrent attempts or completed suicide
48. Summary of epilepsy risk factors
49. Conclusions-epilepsy risk factors (children&adults)
50. Mortality in epilepsy
51. Mortality in epilepsy has long been recognized
52. Long-term mortality (epilepsy & status epilepticus)
53. Mortality due to accidents and injuries
54. Predictors of all, epilepsy-related deaths & SUDEP
55. Non-adherence to AEDs and mortality
56. Adjunctive AEDs greatly reduce risk of SUDEP
57. Conclusions - mortality

Topics Covered

• Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy
• Etiology of epilepsy
• Temporal changes in epilepsy incidence
• Risk factors for epilepsy in infants, children and adults
• Epilepsy risk in mental retardation, cerebral palsy, autism
• Different types of seizures
• Traumatic brain injury and seizures
• Epilepsy risk after Stroke, CNS infection, Dementia, Brain tumors and migraines
• Neuropsychiatric risk factors for epilepsy (ADHD, Depression and anti-depressants, Suicide attempt)
• Mortality in epilepsy and SUDEP (relation to accidents & injures, adherence to AEDs, predictors of death)

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Series:

• Epilepsy and Seizures

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

Hesdorffer, D. (2013, December 1). Incidence, prevalence, and risk factors for epilepsy, and mortality [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/RBCA6815.
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Publication History

• Published on December 1, 2013

Financial Disclosures

• Dr. Dale Hesdorffer has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.