| Literature DB >> 9845830 |
Abstract
Acute hyperammonemia is an emergent cause of central nervous system dysfunction for which renal replacement therapy is advocated. We report the successful use of continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration in this metabolic emergency, and report the calculated ammonia clearances for both continuous venovenous hemofiltration and hemodiafiltration.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9845830 DOI: 10.1159/000013400
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Nephrol ISSN: 0250-8095 Impact factor: 3.754