The role of ketogenic diet in controlling epileptic seizures
| Autor: | Modhi Alajmi, Alaa Alshammari, Shahid Bashir, Raidah Albaradie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Drug Resistant Epilepsy Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Seizure reduction Brief Communication Tertiary care 03 medical and health sciences Epilepsy 0302 clinical medicine Seizures Myoclonic Seizures medicine Humans Child business.industry Infant Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Treatment Outcome Child Preschool Cohort Female Neurology (clinical) Pediatric neurology clinic Diet Ketogenic business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Ketogenic diet |
| Zdroj: | Neurosciences |
| ISSN: | 1658-3183 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To study the role of the ketogenic diet (KD) in controlling seizures in children with medically resistant epilepsy in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in the Pediatric Neurology Clinic at a tertiary care epilepsy center. Thirty-one patients with medically resistant epilepsy were enrolled from 2013 to 2018. The seizure reduction variables were evaluated at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after enrollment. Results: Of the 31 patients, 14 (45.2%) were males and 17 (54.8%) were females. The most common types of seizures were myoclonic seizures and mixed seizures, both of which occurred in 9 (29%) of the participants. Of the participants, 15 (48.4%) had seizures one to 5 times per day. Six months after starting a KD, 2 (6.45%) of participants were seizure-free; 6 (19.35%) were seizure-free after 12 months of treatment. Conclusion: The present study highlighted the effectiveness of KD in medically resistant epilepsy children to local population. A larger cohort is warrant to confirm these findings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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