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Current Pediatric Research| Volume: 22
November 28-29, 2018 | Dubai, UAE
15th World Congress on
Pediatrics, Clinical Pediatrics and Nutrition
28th International Conference on
Nursing Practice
Joint Event
&
Ketogenic Diet for Drug Resistant Epilepsy in Children
Ali Mir
King Fahad Specialist Hospital Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Approximately 30% of patients with epilepsy are likely to
have drug resistant epilepsy. In these patients treatment
modalities other than medications becomes important such
as epilepsy surgery, vagus nerve stimulator and Ketogenic diet.
The Ketogenic diet is a special diet used for controlling seizures
by switching the body’s metabolism to a fat-based energy
source rather than utilizing glucose. Ketogenic diet has shown
to be effective and less toxic than the anti-seizure medications.
Multiple studies have shown slightlymore than half the children
on the Ketogenic diet will have half of their seizures improve
and about one-third will have more than 90% improvement
in seizures. Recent studies suggest that the rigid standard
Ketogenic diet may not always be needed and alternative
Ketogenic diets like modified Atkins diet, low-glycemic index
diet are been used. The diet is currently been used throughout
the world and is gaining more popularity. The limiting factor in
its use is usually due to lack of adequately trained dieticians.
By increasing the awareness and establishing Ketogenic diet
programs in the hospitals we can significantly help childrenwho
have severe epilepsy.
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Pediatrics and Clinical Pediatrics 2018
& Nursing Practice 2018, Volume 22
DOI: 10.4066/0971-9032-C2-006