Table 4.

Adverse Effects Reported With KD

Gastrointestinal	Abdominal Pain
	Emesis
	Constipation
	Pancreatitis
Hepatitis (with concurrent valproic acid use)
Renal	Renal Calculi
Metabolic	Hypertriglyceridemia
	Hypercholestorelemia
Elevated levels of Low density Lipoproteins (LDLs)
Cardiac	Thickening of coronary intima and media is known in long term KD use. (However, risk of coronary artery disease with KD use is not proven till date)
	Cardiomyopathy
Prolongation of QT interval
Growth	Deceleration of height velocity
Skeletal	Osteoporosis

Note: Data from.^{7,35,36,45–48,55,60}