An extreme and life-threatening case of recurrent D-lactate encephalopathy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1432-1435

  Htyte, Nay ^a   White, Luke ^a   Sandhu, Gagangeet ^a   Jones, James ^a   Meisels, Ira ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

anaerobes; d lactate; encephalopathy; lactic acidosis

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATAXIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LACTIC ACID ENCEPHALOPATHY; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLURRED SPEECH;

ACIDOSIS, LACTIC; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79953892772     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq829     Document Type: Article

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