@article{ref1,
title="A case report of sudden epileptic death linked to thermal water after mud therapy",
journal="Medico-legal journal, The",
year="2020",
author="Matteo, Sanavio and Marina, Saladini and Donata, Favretto and Rossella, Snenghi",
volume="88",
number="1",
pages="44-47",
abstract="<p> We present the case of a 60-year-old male, with a long history of epilepsy, who was discovered submerged and unconscious in a small thermal whirlpool bath. The circumstances were forensically reviewed to include examination of clinical data and an autopsy with toxicological analysis. The conclusion was that “warm” hydro-therapy had contributed more than “hot” mud-therapy to the onset of epilepsy which led to accidental drowning, notwithstanding the deceased’s treatment with the long-lasting, poly-drug antiepileptic therapy. Further, we analysed the Italian medical indications of wellness centres for patients with epilepsy or other diseases.  Keywords Well-controlled epilepsy, Italy, thermal mud and SPA treatment, seizure, drowning in thermal pool </p> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-8172",
doi="10.1177/0025817220902395",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0025817220902395"
}