A Case of Hyperammonemia Not Attributable to Liver Disease and Treated With IV Ammonia Scavengers
Joel Thomas, Astly George, Sharmin Mrittika, Bilal Ahmad, Gisela Wilcox · 2024
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Joel Thomas and co-authors report a case of dangerous ammonia build-up with no liver disease behind it in this 2024 paper. High blood ammonia can damage the brain if left untreated. Liver failure is the usual cause, but not the only one. Hidden metabolic faults can surface late in life with odd symptoms. Their patient was a woman in her late fifties. She had a past record of high ammonia without liver scarring.
The cause stayed unknown after the work-up described. She was treated with intravenous drugs that mop up ammonia. Such scavengers are a standard rescue when the liver route fails. Case reports like this alert doctors to look beyond the liver. Late-presenting metabolic errors are easy to miss in adults. The report walks through the search and the treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Joel Thomas, Astly George, Sharmin Mrittika, Bilal Ahmad, Gisela Wilcox |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |