A Case of Status-Epilepticus-Associated Transient Hyperammonemia in the Emergency Department
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A Case of Status-Epilepticus-Associated Transient Hyperammonemia in the Emergency Department
This report describes a case of transient hyperammonemia following tonic-clonic status epilepticus with an initial ammonia level of 537 Umol/L. This appears to be the highest transient ammonia level reported in the literature in this clinical scenario. This is an affirmation that an initial elevated ammonia level in the absence of hepatic dysfunction should be interpreted with caution when asso...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2090-648X,2090-6498
DOI: 10.1155/2017/9436095