Tan M, et al. - In this study that included a community-based cohort, researchers evaluated the contribution of epilepsy-related risk factors to injuries. Study participants included 819 patients with epilepsy recruited into the Tasmanian Epilepsy Register from July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2002. The investigators found that impaired awareness, cluster seizures, sleep-only seizures, and convulsive seizure were characteristics found to significantly influence injuries, regardless of seizure frequency. Because seizures expose patients with epilepsy to a high risk of life-threatening injury, these findings underlined the importance of seizure freedom in order to maximize the safety of epilepsy patients.