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Does electrocerebral suppression lead to central apnea and fatal respiratory failure in patients with epilepsy? To explore this important issue, researchers conducted a case-control study, comparing 10 patients with confirmed sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) who had undergone video electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring and 30 matching control patients who had at least one seizure recorded during monitoring. The cases included one patient who died while being monitored. In this patient, prolonged diffuse electrocerebral suppression following a seizure led to apnea and, eventually, death. The researchers therefore examined the risk for SUDEP associated with duration of postictal generalized electroencephalographic suppression (P…