A Case of Infantile Spasm Associated with Acute Renal Failure and Kwashiorkor after Ketogenic Diet.
- Author:
Young Myoung KIM
1
;
Tae Hong KIM
;
Jin A JUNG
;
Kyu Geun HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Dong-A University Medical School, Busan, Korea. kghyang@daunet.donga.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ketogenic diet;
Acute renal failure;
Kwashiorkor
- MeSH:
Acute Kidney Injury*;
Caregivers;
Child;
Diet;
Drug Therapy;
Epilepsy;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Informed Consent;
Ketogenic Diet*;
Kwashiorkor*;
Pneumonia;
Seizures;
Spasms, Infantile*
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
2003;46(11):1131-1134
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-protein, low-carbohydrate diet developed in the 1920s for the treatment of difficult-to-control seizures. Despite advances in both the pharmacotherapy and the surgery of epilepsy, many children continue to have difficult-to-control seizures. In this situation, a ketogenic diet should be considered as an alternative therapy. However, less attention has been paid to associated adverse events in the ketogenic diet. We report a case of infantile spasm associated with acute renal failure, lipoid pneumonitis and kwashiorkor after ketogenic diet. A better understanding of this adverse event profile will allow the pediatric neurologist to have a true informed consent discussion with the care giver when considering initiation of the ketogenic diet.
