THE EFFECT OF ARGININE GLUTAMATE ON ELEVATED BLOOD AMMONIA LEVELS IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE

1964; Royal Australasian College of Physicians; Volume: 13; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/imj.1964.13.1.72

ISSN

0571-9283

Autores

Matthew G. Davey,

Tópico(s)

Liver Disease and Transplantation

Resumo

Summary Arginine glutamate infusions were given to two patients with advanced liver disease. This treatment reduced venous blood ammonia levels in both, and brought about temporary clinical improvement in one. Urea synthesis appears to have been stimulated. No other significant changes in blood chemistry, and only slight clinical side‐effects, were recorded.

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