TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - A case report of sudden epileptic death linked to thermal water after mud therapy
JO  - Medico-legal journal, The
A1  - Matteo, Sanavio
A1  - Marina, Saladini
A1  - Donata, Favretto
A1  - Rossella, Snenghi
SP  - 44
EP  - 47
VL  - 88
IS  - 1
N2  - <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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0025-8172
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0025817220902395
ID  - ref1
ER  -