Thu, Oct-31-02, 15:57
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The original smj article (don't ask!) is an encrypted pdf, so I can't post the text.
The abstract:
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_ Sudden Cardiac Death of an Adolescent During Dieting - 1047
Amy Stevens, D. Paul Robinson, Julie Turpin, Ted Groshong, and Joseph D. Tobias
ABSTRACT
We describe a 16-year-old girl who had sudden onset of cardiorespiratory arrest while at school. She had recently attempted weight loss using a low-carbohydrate/high-protein, calorie-restricted dietary regimen that she had initiated on her own. During resuscitation, severe hypokalemia was noted. At postmortem examination, no other causes for the cardiac arrest were identified. Toxicologic findings were negative. The potential role of the dietary regimen as a contributing factor to the hypokalemia and subsequent cardiac arrest are discussed.
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She was apparently following her mother's diet, "...eating meat, cheese, and salads, without fasting". However, elsewhere they also say she was doing caloric restriction, and further: "Caloric restriction is generally not recommended on most low-carbohydrate diets, including the Atkins diet, further emphasizing the danger of using these diets without strict adherence to their recommendations."
Though it's a case study, the authors spend most of the article saying fad protein diets are bad. Ketosis is bad. Losing calcium is bad. Losing potassium is bad. Fat is bad. Because there were deaths reported on the liquid protein diets of the 60's and 70's, they counsel against a high-protein, low-carb diet.
They end the article with, "While it is possible that the patient's dietary regimen had nothing to do with her cardiovascular collapse, continued surveillance for similar cases is suggested."
How, Doctors, exactly, was science or medicine served by your article? How was the mother served?
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