{"product_id":"dietary-treatment-of-epilepsy-9780470670415","title":"Dietary Treatment of Epilepsy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterised by recurrent unprovoked seizures, and affects 50 million people worldwide. Approximately 30% of these do not have seizure control even with the best available medications, hence renewed and increasing interest in the use of dietary treatments to treat epilepsy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA personal note x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 Introduction and Overview 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction to the ketogenic diet and other dietary treatments 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Neal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Epilepsy and epileptic seizures 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Helen Cross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Treatment options in the paediatric epilepsy clinic 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth E. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Efficacy of ketogenic dietary therapy: what is the evidence? 24\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEric H. Kossoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The biochemical basis of dietary therapies for neurological disorders 34\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam L. Hartman and Jong M. Rho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 Clinical Implementation 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Preparing for dietary treatment 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorgiana Fitzsimmons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The challenge of therapeutic diets in children with pre-existing feeding problems 58\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBridget Lambert and Mary-Anne Leung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The classical ketogenic diet 66\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGwyneth Magrath and Elizabeth Neal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diet 78\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Neal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The modified Atkins diet 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGwyneth Magrath, Mary-Anne Leung and Tara Randall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Low Glycaemic Index Treatment 100\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeidi H. Pfeifer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Managing dietary treatment: further dietetic issues 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Chapple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Managing dietary treatment: a parent’s perspective 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmma Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Enteral feeding 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Chapple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Dietary initiation 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJan Chapple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Ketone monitoring and management of illness 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHannah Chaffe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Fine tuning 142\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGwyneth Magrath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Monitoring and side effects 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Neal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Dietary treatments and bone health 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChristina Bergqvist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Carnitine 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Neal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Switching or discontinuing dietary treatment 172\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBridget Lambert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3 Broader Applications 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Dietary treatment of epilepsy in infants 181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicole Dos Santos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Dietary treatment of epilepsy in adults 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Wood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Ketogenic dietary therapy in India 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJanak Nathan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Ketogenic dietary therapy in East Asia 206\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHoon-Chul Kang and Heung Dong Kim\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Ketogenic dietary therapy in Africa 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTuscha Du Toit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Ketogenic dietary therapy in neurometabolic disease 220\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoerg Klepper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Beyond epilepsy: ketogenic diet use in other disease states 225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam L. Hartman and Jong M. Rho\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 235\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402398769495,"sku":"9780470670415","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dietary-treatment-of-epilepsy-9780470670415","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}