A Case of Infantile Spasm Associated with Acute Renal Failure and Kwashiorkor after Ketogenic Diet

케톤생성 식이요법 후 급성신부전 및 단백열량부족증 소견을 보인 영아성 경축 1례

The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-protein, low-carbohydrate diet developed in the 1920s for the treatment of difficult-to-control seizures. Despite advances in both the pharmacotherapy and the surgery of epilepsy, many children continue to have difficult-to-control seizures. In this situation, a ketogenic diet should be considered as an alternative therapy. However, less attention has been paid to associated adverse events in the ketogenic diet. We report a case of infantile spasm associated with acute renal failure, lipoid pneumonitis and kwashiorkor after ketogenic diet. A better understanding of this adverse event profile will allow the pediatric neurologist to have a true informed consent discussion with the care giver when considering initiation of the ketogenic diet.

저자들은 영아성 경축 환아에서 케톤생성 식이요법 중 단백열량부족증(Kwashiorkor)을 포함한 중증의 탈수, 급성신부전과 흡인성 폐렴을 동반한 영아성 경축 1례를 경험하여 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하여 케톤생성 식이요법시 참고를 하고자 한다.