1. Hyperammonemic encephalopathy during hemodialysis
- Author
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Raymond T. Rasmussen, M. Donald McGOLDRICK, and Vincent J. Canzanello
- Subjects
Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Brain Diseases ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Liver Diseases ,Encephalopathy ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Gastroenterology ,Blood Urea Nitrogen ,Liver disease ,Ammonia ,Renal Dialysis ,Internal medicine ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,Hemodialysis ,Hyperammonemic encephalopathy ,business ,Hepatic encephalopathy ,Blood urea nitrogen - Abstract
Excerpt Renal failure may precipitate or exacerbate hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver disease (1, 2). One postulated mechanism is the excessive production of ammonia by the bacterial fl...
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- 1983