Therapeutic augmentation of ketogenic diet with a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor in a super-refractory status epilepticus patient

Background: A ketogenic diet (KD) may have a role in treating patients in super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE). Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have a risk of ketoacidosis that could facilitate induction of KD. Case summary: A 42-year-old with a history of drug resistant epil...

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Main Authors: Joseph R. Blunck, Joseph W. Newman, Ronald K. Fields, John E. Croom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323218300525