The Effectiveness of Modified Atkins Ketogenic Diet on Children with Intractable Epilepsy: A Pilot Study from Indonesia.

Background: The ketogenic diet has recently been explored as a potential treatment approach for intractable epilepsy in children and has been applied in various parts of the world. The ketogenic diet is also effective for the treatment of mood disorders, especially for adolescent and young adults with epilepsy. The Modified Atkins Diet (MAD) is the less restrictive type of ketogenic diet with similar principles as the classic type.

Long-Term Effects of Cyclophosphamide in Sustained Remission in Childhood Steroid-resistant Nephrotic Syndrome.

Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a chronic renal disease that can progress into end-stage renal disease within 5 years if no remission occurs. Achieving optimal remission is important to obtain better outcomes of treating childhood steroid-resistant NS (SRNS). This study aimed to determine the survival, long-term outcomes, and factors associated with the sustained remission of SRNS patients after cyclophosphamide therapy.

Comparison of Cognitive Function in Children with Stunting and Children with Undernutrition with Normal Stature.

Background: Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Children are defined as stunted if their height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median. According to the Indonesia Basic National Health Survey 2013, Indonesia's stunting prevalence reached 37.

Difficulties in Diagnosis Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood: A Case Report.

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) is a rare condition of encephalopathy which commonly occurs in healthy children. This case report will discuss the diagnostic approach in a female child, three years old, with neurologic deficits. The diagnostic approach of ANEC consists of clinical manifestation, laboratory examination, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis, and neuroimaging interpretation.

Risk Factors for Drug Resistance in Epileptic Children with Age of Onset above Five Years: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Children with epilepsy with onset above five years encompass distinct epidemiological and clinical characteristics that may have specific risk factors for resistance to antiseizure medications (ASMs). Studies on this age group are limited.

Purpose: To identify risk factors for drug resistance in children with epilepsy with the age of onset above five years.

Extensive Longitudinal Transverse Myelitis Associated With CSF Epstein-Barr Virus Infection: A Case Report.

Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) in children can be secondary to central nervous system infections. Several reports have associated ATM with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. We report a previously healthy 10-year-old boy with paraparesis that started 7 days before admission.

The Proportion of Bifidobacterium and in Colon of Children with Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection.

Recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) in children is a well-known risk factor of chronic kidney disease. Periurethral area is normally inhabited by non-pathogenic flora, such as Bifidobacterium sp., and pathogenic flora from gastrointestinal tract, such as Escherichia coli (E.

Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney disease children using assessment Pediatric Quality Of Life Inventory™.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is still a serious health problem in children with increasing morbidity and affecting children's quality of life (QoL). The prevalence of children with CKD worldwide is approximately 82 cases/year/1 million children. From the Indonesian Basic Health Survey 2013, the prevalence of patients with CKD aged ≥15 years in Indonesia was 0.