The ketogenic diet for Dravet syndrome and other epileptic encephalopathies: An Italian consensus

Ketogenic diet is a nonpharmacologic treatment
for childhood epilepsy not amenable to drugs. At
the present time, two works based on national
research, one in Germany and one in the United
States provide international guidelines to ensure a
correct management of the ketogenic diet. Our
Italian collaborative study group was set up in
order to formulate a consensus statement regarding
the clinical management of the ketogenic diet,
patient selection, pre–ketogenic diet, counseling,
setting and enforcement of dietary induction of
ketosis, follow-up management, and eventual discontinuation
of the diet.