Hyperammonemia is Associated with Generalized Convulsion
スポンサーリンク
概要
- 論文の詳細を見る
Purpose The possibility that hyperammonemia may be associated with generalized convulsion (GC) was retrospectively investigated. Methods Subjects comprised 17 patients with GC who were transported to our department and underwent analysis of serum biochemistry, including ammonia, since October 2004. Results Causes of convulsion included intracranial lesions (n=8), endocrine diseases (n=2), epilepsy (n=2) and others (n=5). Ammonia levels in all cases exceeded the upper limit of normal range. Ammonia levels in 8 subjects were re-checked on hospital day 2, and all were lower than levels on hospital day 1 without any treatment for hyperammonemia. Conclusion GC itself appears to be associated with hyperammonemia. Although hyperammonemia is also known to induce convulsion, biochemical analysis immediately after GC is not useful for diagnosing hyperammonemia-induced convulsion.
- 社団法人 日本内科学会の論文
著者
-
Nishi Kouichirou
Department Of Traumatology And Critical Care Medicine National Defense Medical College
-
Sakamoto Toshihisa
Department Of Traumatology And Critical Care Medicine National Defense Medical College Saitama Japan
-
Yanagawa Youichi
Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University, Japan
関連論文
- Type I Odontoid Fracture : Case Report
- Relationship Between Stroke and Asymptomatic Minute Hemorrhages in Hypertensive Patients
- Six Cases of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
- Pontine Infarction Induced by Injury of the Perforating Branch of the Basilar Artery After Blunt Head Impact
- Atrial Myxoma Occurring 15 Years After Subtotal Resection of Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma
- Delayed sudden cardiac arrest induced by aortic injury with a posterior fracture of the left rib
- Significance of Shock in Head-injured Patients with Skull Fracture
- Up-Regulation of Glucose Regulated Protein 78 after Burn Injury
- Unfavorable Outcome of Burn Patients with Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- A Case of Severe Anemia Due to Chronic Iron Deficiency with Hemoglobin 1.5g/dl
- Analysis of Plasma Nitrite/Nitrate in Human Thermal Injury
- A Role of Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Burned Skin
- Hyperammonemia is Associated with Generalized Convulsion
- Cutaneous Manifestation of Decompression Sickness: Cutis Marmorata
- Sudden Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest Due to Esophageal Cancer
- Preparedness for Disasters in Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital