Ketogenic Diet in Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus

Garnett Smith; Craig A Press

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-2

Ketogenic Diet in Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus

Pediatr Neurol Briefs. 2017 Nov;31(3):8. doi: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-31-3-2.

Authors

Garnett Smith¹, Craig A Press¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.

Abstract

Researchers from the Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C. studied the feasibility, rate of complications, and effect on seizures of initiating the Ketogenic Diet (KD) in pediatric patients with Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus (SRSE).

Keywords: Epilepsy; Ketogenic Diet; Pediatrics; Super Refractory Status Epilepticus.

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