Overnight glucose infusion suppresses renal ammoniagenesis and reduces hyperammonaemia induced by a simulated bleed in cirrhotic patients

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 921-928

  Mpabanzi, L ^a,d   Deutz, N ^b   Hayes, P C ^c   Dejong, C H C ^a   Olde Damink, S W M ^a,d   Jalan, R ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMMONIA; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; FEMALE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE INFUSION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPERGLUCAGONEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FASTING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLUCAGON; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; KIDNEY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858800749     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2012.05044.x     Document Type: Article

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