Noncirrhotic hyperammonemia: A factor behind dementia to alter mental status

Healthcare givers were recommended to check serum ammonia level for elderly patients with acute‐on‐chronic alteration of mental status. Early initiation of antihyperammonemia therapy may benefit improvement of alteration of mental status. Baseline mental status becomes necessary for diagnose the acu...

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Autores principales: Leo, Christopher, Wang, Yun, Mold, Alexander, Quintana, Junik, Shi, Hong, Abdullah, Mahdi, Alaie, Dariush, Petrillo, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6878079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2436
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Sumario:Healthcare givers were recommended to check serum ammonia level for elderly patients with acute‐on‐chronic alteration of mental status. Early initiation of antihyperammonemia therapy may benefit improvement of alteration of mental status. Baseline mental status becomes necessary for diagnose the acute alteration of mental status and monitor the therapeutic process.

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