Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration in the treatment of acute hyperammonemia.
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.
Braun
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Division of Nephrology, Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Welch
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood*; D017583:Hemodiafiltration; D006440:Hemofiltration; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
D000641:Ammonia