Risk Factors and Risk Mitigation Strategies of SUPED for Patients With Dravet Syndrome

Panelists discuss how patients with Dravet syndrome face elevated sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) risk compared with other epilepsy populations, emphasizing the importance of early family education about risk factors such as convulsive seizures and medication adherence, while highlighting that newer therapies show promise in reducing both seizure frequency and SUDEP risk through better seizure control and decreased status epilepticus occurrence.