The Ketogenic Diet for the Treatment of Pediatric Status Epilepticus

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Sunila E. O'Connor ; C ; y Richardson ; Willam H. Trescher ; Debra L. Byler ; Joan D. Sather ; Elizabeth H. Michael ; Kelly B. Urbanik ; Jennifer L. Richards ; Ronald Davis ; Mary L. Zupanc ; Beth Zupec-Kania
• 关键词：ketogenic diet ; status epilepticus ; pediatric ; epilepsy ; treatment ; refractory
• 刊名：Pediatric Neurology
• 出版年：January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：50
• 期：1
• 页码：101-103
• 全文大小：151 K

文摘

Background

Refractory status epilepticus carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality for children. Traditional treatment of status epilepticus consists of multiple anticonvulsant drugs and, if needed, induction of a medical coma. The ketogenic diet has been used for intractable epilepsy for many years. The purpose of this article is to report a case series of five patients with refractory status epilepticus successfully managed with the ketogenic diet.

Methods

A summary of pediatric patients with refractory status epilepticus treated with diet was performed.

Conclusions

Ketogenic diet therapy should be considered as a treatment option in pediatric patients with refractory status epilepticus.