Use of the ketogenic diet in the neonatal intensive care unit—Safety and tolerability

Epilepsia

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2017, Pages e36-e39

  Thompson, Lindsey ^a   Fecske, Erin ^a   Salim, Mohammad ^a   Hall, Ara ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet therapies; Neonatal intensive care unit; Nonpharmacologic; Refractory epilepsy

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CLOBAZAM; LEVETIRACETAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; KETONURIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE;

EID: 85010606915     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13650     Document Type: Article

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