title: Successful management of immunosuppression in a patient with severe hyperammonemia after lung transplantation.
abstract: Hyperammonemia after lung transplantation is a rare complication of unknown etiology. Its management is largely supportive and outcomes have been variable. More disconcerting is its immunosuppressive management because the precipitating factors leading to this potentially lethal entity are unknown, but are suspected to be drug-related. We describe the successful management of a lung transplant recipient with severe hyperammonemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH 43221, USA. susan.moffatt-bruce@osumc.edu
authors.forename: Susan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Moffatt-Bruce
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pesavento
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Von Viger
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nunley
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pope-Harman
authors.forename: Stanley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D022124:Hyperammonemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016040:Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D000641:Ammonia