Adjunctive use of the ketogenic diet in a young adult with UBE2A deficiency syndrome and super-refractory status epilepticus

The ketogenic diet (KD) may have a role in treating super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE). Predominantly used in paediatric epilepsy, there are few reports of its use in adults. We describe a 19-year-old man with UBE2A deficiency syndrome, drug resistant generalized epilepsy, and severe intelle...

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Autores principales: Allen, Christopher Martin, Hall, Christiana Avye, Cox, Naomi Elizabeth, Ryan, Hayley, De Beer, Thearina, O'Donoghue, Michael Francis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8164013/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34095805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100456
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Sumario:The ketogenic diet (KD) may have a role in treating super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE). Predominantly used in paediatric epilepsy, there are few reports of its use in adults. We describe a 19-year-old man with UBE2A deficiency syndrome, drug resistant generalized epilepsy, and severe intellectual disability, who developed SRSE. Initiation of the KD on day 81 of his intensive care unit stay and achieving a state of ketosis seven days later resulted in SRSE resolution and discharge from hospital and recovery to his normal cognitive state. Initiating the KD required a multidisciplinary team for diet initiation and carer education. The KD requires a prospective study of efficacy for SRSE and this should include adult patients.

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