UNIGE document Scientific Article
previous document  unige:24756  next document
add to browser collection
Title

A capillary blood ammonia bedside test following glutamine load to improve the diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis
Authors
Ditisheim, Saskia Isabel
Giostra, Emiliano
Burkhard, Pierre
Goossens, Nicolas
Mentha, Gilles
Hadengue, Antoine
Spahr, Laurent François Joséph
Published in BMC Gastroenterology. 2011, vol. 11, p. 134
Abstract Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a frequent and severe complication of cirrhosis. A single determination of ammonia in venous blood correlates poorly with neurological symptoms. Thus, a better biological marker is needed.
Keywords Administration, Oral — Adult — Aged — Ammonia/blood — Biological Markers/blood — Capillaries — Cohort Studies — Female — Follow-Up Studies — Glutamine/administration & dosage — Hematologic Tests/methods — Hepatic Encephalopathy/blood/diagnosis/etiology/psychology — Humans — Incidence — Liver Cirrhosis/complications — Male — Middle Aged — Point-of-Care Systems — Predictive Value of Tests — Prevalence — Psychometrics
Identifiers
PMID: 22151412
Full text
Article (Published version) (384 Kb) - public document Free access
Structures
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine interne des spécialités
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie
Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département des neurosciences cliniques
Research groups Hépatologie chirurgicale (327)
Groupe Pierre Burkhard (neurologie) (154)
Citation
(ISO format) 		DITISHEIM, Saskia Isabel et al. A capillary blood ammonia bedside test following glutamine load to improve the diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis. In: BMC Gastroenterology, 2011, vol. 11, p. 134. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:24756

245 hits

106 downloads

Contact an author

Update request

Update

Deposited on : 2012-12-19

Export document
Format :
Citation style :