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Hyperammonaemia in critically ill septic infants
Abstract
Three infants with subphrenic abscess, pyonephrosis, and obstructive ureterocoele respectively had grossly increased concentrations of plasma ammonia. This was considered to be a result of infections with urea splitting organisms. All died in spite of intensive care support, including specific measures to reduce plasma ammonia.
- infant sepsis
- urea splitting organisms
- hyperammonaemic encephalopathy