Ketogenic diet for refractory childhood epilepsy: beyond seizures control, the experience of a portuguese pediatric centre

• Author(s): Romão Luz, Inês ; Pereira, Cristina ; Garcia, Paula ; Ferreira, Fátima ; Faria, Ana ; Macedo, Cristiane ; Diogo, Luisa ; Robalo, Conceição
• Date: 2019
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/32018
• Origin: Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Criança; Epilepsia resistente a medicamentos; Dietoterapia; Dieta cetogénica; Portugal
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Comum

Description

Ketogenic diet is a low carbohydrate diet, which can be used as a treatment for refractory childhood epilepsy. The first aim of this study was to evaluate its efficacy, in patients receiving ketogenic diet for at least three months, on epilepsy control, behaviour and awareness. The secondary aims were to evaluate the variation in the number of antiepileptic drugs, reasons for discontinuing the diet and adverse effects.