Anesthetic care of a child receiving a ketogenic diet
The ketogenic diet (KD) is an alternative or supplemen- tary treatment to medically refractory epilepsy and has been used successfully in pediatric patients for more than 100 years. The high fat, low carbohydrate intake of the KD induces a state of ketosis which may result in anti- convulsant effect...
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Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Journal
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Journal (PACCJ) |
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