5-Oxoprolinemia causing elevated anion gap metabolic acidosis in the setting of acetaminophen use

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-57

  Armenian, Patil ^a   Gerona, Roy R ^b   Blanc, Paul D ^a,c   Wu, Alan H B ^a   Mookherjee, Somnath ^c  

^a California Poison Control System   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 oxoprolinemia; acetaminophen; elevated anion gap; gamma glutamyl cycle; metabolic acidosis; N acetylcysteine; pyroglutamic acidemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BICARBONATE; CARISOPRODOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCODONE; INFUSION FLUID; MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PARACETAMOL; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

5 OXOPROLINEMIA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; ALKALOSIS; ANION GAP; ANION GAP METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD PH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE REPORT; COLON POLYP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG USE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTOXICATION; KETONURIA; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONG TERM CARE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; OSMOLALITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84863990890     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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