A capillary blood ammonia bedside test following glutamine load to improve the diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a frequent and severe complication of cirrhosis. A single determination of ammonia in venous blood correlates poorly with neurological symptoms. Thus, a better biological marker is needed. AIM: To make a diagnosis of HE, we explored the value of ammonia in...

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Autores principales: Ditisheim, Saskia, Giostra, Emiliano, Burkhard, Pierre R, Goossens, Nicolas, Mentha, Gilles, Hadengue, Antoine, Spahr, Laurent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22151412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-134

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22151412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-134

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