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Use of Remote Monitoring by E-mail for Long-Term Management of the Classic Ketogenic Diet
The classic ketogenic diet (cKD) requires constant nutritional monitoring over time both to ensure its effectiveness and to reduce the likelihood of short- and long-term adverse effects. We retrospectively described the use of remote monitoring by e-mail during the first year of follow-up on cKD in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32575586 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12061833 |
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author | Ferraris, Cinzia Guglielmetti, Monica Tamagni, Elisa Trentani, Claudia De Giorgis, Valentina Pasca, Ludovica Varesio, Costanza Ferraro, Ottavia Eleonora Tagliabue, Anna |
author_facet | Ferraris, Cinzia Guglielmetti, Monica Tamagni, Elisa Trentani, Claudia De Giorgis, Valentina Pasca, Ludovica Varesio, Costanza Ferraro, Ottavia Eleonora Tagliabue, Anna |
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description | The classic ketogenic diet (cKD) requires constant nutritional monitoring over time both to ensure its effectiveness and to reduce the likelihood of short- and long-term adverse effects. We retrospectively described the use of remote monitoring by e-mail during the first year of follow-up on cKD in 34 children (47% males; age range: 2−17 years) diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE; n = 14) or glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1-DS; n = 20). All the e-mails were evaluated analyzing their frequency and content at 3, 6 and 12 months. Three families never sent e-mails. A median of 36.0 (IQR 23.0–64.0) e-mails per family were sent during the 12 follow-up months by the 31 patients. GLUT1-DS patients sent a greater number of e-mails than the DRE group (median 39.0 (IQR 25.5–56.5) vs. median 26.0 (IQR 19.0–65.0)). At the end of the follow-up period, a greater number of e-mails had been exchanged between the nutritional team and the families belonging to the group that increased its linear growth (median 83.5; IQR 48.0–102.0), compared to the other ones. Constant remote monitoring by e-mail could be a feasible and effective way for a better cKD management. |
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spelling | pubmed-73532242020-07-15 Use of Remote Monitoring by E-mail for Long-Term Management of the Classic Ketogenic Diet Ferraris, Cinzia Guglielmetti, Monica Tamagni, Elisa Trentani, Claudia De Giorgis, Valentina Pasca, Ludovica Varesio, Costanza Ferraro, Ottavia Eleonora Tagliabue, Anna Nutrients Article The classic ketogenic diet (cKD) requires constant nutritional monitoring over time both to ensure its effectiveness and to reduce the likelihood of short- and long-term adverse effects. We retrospectively described the use of remote monitoring by e-mail during the first year of follow-up on cKD in 34 children (47% males; age range: 2−17 years) diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE; n = 14) or glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1-DS; n = 20). All the e-mails were evaluated analyzing their frequency and content at 3, 6 and 12 months. Three families never sent e-mails. A median of 36.0 (IQR 23.0–64.0) e-mails per family were sent during the 12 follow-up months by the 31 patients. GLUT1-DS patients sent a greater number of e-mails than the DRE group (median 39.0 (IQR 25.5–56.5) vs. median 26.0 (IQR 19.0–65.0)). At the end of the follow-up period, a greater number of e-mails had been exchanged between the nutritional team and the families belonging to the group that increased its linear growth (median 83.5; IQR 48.0–102.0), compared to the other ones. Constant remote monitoring by e-mail could be a feasible and effective way for a better cKD management. MDPI 2020-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7353224/ /pubmed/32575586 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12061833 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ferraris, Cinzia Guglielmetti, Monica Tamagni, Elisa Trentani, Claudia De Giorgis, Valentina Pasca, Ludovica Varesio, Costanza Ferraro, Ottavia Eleonora Tagliabue, Anna Use of Remote Monitoring by E-mail for Long-Term Management of the Classic Ketogenic Diet |
title | Use of Remote Monitoring by E-mail for Long-Term Management of the Classic Ketogenic Diet |
title_full | Use of Remote Monitoring by E-mail for Long-Term Management of the Classic Ketogenic Diet |
title_fullStr | Use of Remote Monitoring by E-mail for Long-Term Management of the Classic Ketogenic Diet |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of Remote Monitoring by E-mail for Long-Term Management of the Classic Ketogenic Diet |
title_short | Use of Remote Monitoring by E-mail for Long-Term Management of the Classic Ketogenic Diet |
title_sort | use of remote monitoring by e-mail for long-term management of the classic ketogenic diet |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353224/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32575586 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12061833 |
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