The risk of hypoglycemia and the ketogenic diet for super-refractory status epilepticus patients

Brain Dev. 2019 Sep;41(8):740. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2019.02.008. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Authors

Klára Brožová¹, Jan Brož²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Pediatric Neurology, Thomayer's Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: zorb@seznam.cz.

PMID: 30803732
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2019.02.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Epilepsy; Hypoglycemia; Ketogenic diet.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Child
Diet, Ketogenic / adverse effects*
Drug Resistant Epilepsy / diet therapy*
Female
Humans
Hypoglycemia / etiology*
Male
Risk Factors
Status Epilepticus / complications
Status Epilepticus / metabolism