title: Perioperative management of a paediatric patient on the ketogenic diet.
abstract: The ketogenic diet has become commonplace for the treatment of paediatric patients with refractory epilepsy. I describe the perioperative management of a patient on the ketogenic diet. The basis, complications and anaesthetic implications of the diet are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: McNeely
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000178:diet therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007659:Ketones / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D019990:Perioperative Care; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D007659:Ketones