December 2023. Volume 19. Number 4

Is adding a dietary therapy effective in children with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Devi N, Madaan P, Kandoth N, Bansal D, Sahu JK. Efficacy and Safety of Dietary Therapies for Childhood Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Mar 1;177(3):258-66.

Reviewers: Oltra Benavent M1, Cuestas Montañés EJ2.
1Sección de Patología Infecciosa Infantil. Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe. Valencia. España.
2Servicio de Pediatría y Neonatología. Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba. Córdoba. Argentina.
Correspondence: Manuel Oltra Benavent . Email: oltra.benavent@gmail.com
Reception date: 02/10/2023
Acceptance date: 11/10/2023
Publication date: 08/11/2023

Abstract

Authors´ conclusions: this study found that all dietary therapies are effective in the short term. However, modified Atkins diet had better tolerability, higher probability for 50% or higher seizure reduction, and comparable probability for 90% or higher seizure reduction and may be a sounder option than ketogenic diet. Direct head-to-head comparison studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Reviewers´ commentary: ketogenic diet, modified Atkins diet and the low-glycemic diet are effective for short term management of non-surgical refractory seizures. Modified Atkins diet had better tolerability and a greater probability of reducing seizures.

How to cite this article

Oltra Benavent M, Cuestas Montañés E. En niños con epilepsia resistente a medicamentos, ¿es eficaz añadir una dieta especial? Evid Pediatr. 2023;19:41.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Devi N, Madaan P, Kandoth N, Bansal D, Sahu JK. Efficacy and Safety of Dietary Therapies for Childhood Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Mar 1;177(3):258-66.

Reviewers: Oltra Benavent M1, Cuestas Montañés EJ2.
1Sección de Patología Infecciosa Infantil. Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe. Valencia. España.
2Servicio de Pediatría y Neonatología. Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba. Córdoba. Argentina.
Correspondence: Manuel Oltra Benavent . Email: oltra.benavent@gmail.com
Reception date: 02/10/2023
Acceptance date: 11/10/2023
Publication date: 08/11/2023

How to cite this article

Oltra Benavent M, Cuestas Montañés E. En niños con epilepsia resistente a medicamentos, ¿es eficaz añadir una dieta especial? Evid Pediatr. 2023;19:41.

08/11/2023

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