• 1. Department of Children Rehabilitation, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Key Laboratory of Development Disease in Chongqing, China International Science and Technology Cooperation base of Child development and Critical Disorders Key Laboratory of Developmental Diseases in Childhood Ministry of Education, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Medical Research in Cognitive Development and Learning and Memory Disorders. Chongqing 400014, China;
  • 2. Department of Pediatrics, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China;
XIAONong, Email: xiaonongwl@163.com
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Objective To compare the efficacy and compliance of children children with refractory epilepsy receiving ketogenic diet (KD) in outpatient department with children receiving KD treatment in inpatient department. Methods A retrospective study of 44 children with intractable epilepsy receiving the modified classical ketogenic diets in outpatient department from June 2014 to December 2015, who were followed-up during the third, sixth and twelfth month. Records of epileptic seizures and adverse reactions were used to evaluate the efficacy and retention rate of inpatient department KD treatment in children with refractory epilepsy, and compared with 104 children receiving KD treatment in inpatient department at the same period. Results Thirty-four of the forty-four children comleted observation after 12-month follow-up, 15 cases had been seizure freedom, 22 cases had more than 50% reduction in seizure frequency, 12 patients had less than 50% reduction in seizure frequency.The total effective rate of the KD therapy in outpatient department was 64.7%, and the retention rate was 71%. 18 of of the 104 children with KD treatment in inpatient department at the same period comleted observation after 12-month follow-up, 3 cases had been seizure freedom, 5 cases had more than 50% reduction in seizure frequency, 13 cases had less than 50% reduction in seizure frequency.The total effective rate of the KD therapy in inpatient department was 27.8%, and the retention rate was 17.3%. Conclusion The KD therapy in outpatient department is effective to children with intractable epilepsy, and there is a highly efficacy and compliance of children receiving KD in outpatient department comparing with children receiving KD in inpatient department. Therefore, it's optional to children with refractory epilepsy who can't received KD by inpatient department because of insufficient number of beds.

Citation: YANGMaolin, CHENShuang, ZHAOCongmin, XIAONong. Efficacy and long-term retention rate comparision of ketogenic diet (KD) for children with intractable epilepsy in outpatient department and inpatient department. Journal of Epilepsy, 2017, 3(1): 39-43. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.20170006 Copy

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