Valproate-induced hyperammonemia and seizures: Perioperative concerns

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1084-1085

  Garg, Rakesh ^a   Sunder, Rani A ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CARNITINE; ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HIP DISLOCATION; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SYNDACTYLY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SEIZURES; SYNDACTYLY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 80052396427     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03633.x     Document Type: Letter

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