Persistent Hyperammonemia Is Associated With Complications and Poor Outcomes in Patients With Acute Liver Failure

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 925-931

  Kumar, Ramesh ^a   Shalimar, ^a   Sharma, Hanish ^a   Prakash, Shyam ^a   Panda, Subrat Kumar ^a   Khanal, Shankar ^a   Acharya, Subrat Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Hepatic encephalopathy (HE); Liver failure; Prognostic factor; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MANNITOL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL AMMONIA LEVEL; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENT HYPERAMMONEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMMONIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864095848     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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