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SUBMITTER: Savy N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6140721 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Savy Nadia N Brossier David D Brunel-Guitton Catherine C Ducharme-Crevier Laurence L Du Pont-Thibodeau Geneviève G Jouvet Philippe P
Hepatic medicine : evidence and research 20180912
Acute hyperammonemia may induce a neurologic impairment leading to an acute life-threatening condition. Coma duration, ammonia peak level, and hyperammonemia duration are the main risk factors of hyperammonemia-related neurologic deficits and death. In children, hyperammonemia is mainly caused by severe liver failure and inborn errors of metabolism. In an acute setting, obtaining reliable plasma ammonia levels can be challenging because of the preanalytical difficulties that need to be addressed ...[more]