Epilepsy CurrentsWaiting to Inhale: Preventing Fatality From Seizure-Induced Apnea

It is generally agreed that sudden unexpected death in epilepsy could be averted if the patient could be rapidly ventilated following the seizure. Diaphragmatic pacing is a surgical intervention used in spinal cord injury, sleep apnea, and similar causes of ventilatory failure. In this mouse model, all of the animals receiving the intervention survived, compared with death in most of the animals in the control arm of the study.