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Hyperammonemia in a patient with short bowel syndrome and chronic renal failure. 1996

K Yokoyama, and Y Ogura, and M Kawabata, and F Hinoshita, and Y Suzuki, and S Hara, and A Yamada, and N Mimura, and M Nakayama, and Y Kawaguchi, and O Sakai
Toranomon Hospital Kidney Center, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

A patient with short bowel syndrome (SBS) and renal failure developed a disturbance of consciousness with hyperammonemia. Abnormally low concentrations of ornithine, citrulline, and arginine were observed on the plasma aminogram. These results suggested that the activities of amino acid synthetase localized in the small intestinal flora were lost. The small intestine is required for arginine synthesis; thus, infusion limited to the essential amino acids to SBS patients will cause a deficiency of the urea cycle intermediates, ornithine, citrulline, and arginine and may lead to hyperammonemia. In addition, the renal insufficiency may have caused decreased excretion of ammonia. In this patient, supplemental arginine improved the symptoms.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007676 Kidney Failure, Chronic The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION. ESRD,End-Stage Renal Disease,Renal Disease, End-Stage,Renal Failure, Chronic,Renal Failure, End-Stage,Chronic Kidney Failure,End-Stage Kidney Disease,Chronic Renal Failure,Disease, End-Stage Kidney,Disease, End-Stage Renal,End Stage Kidney Disease,End Stage Renal Disease,End-Stage Renal Failure,Kidney Disease, End-Stage,Renal Disease, End Stage,Renal Failure, End Stage
D008297 Male Males
D003244 Consciousness Disorders Organic mental disorders in which there is impairment of the ability to maintain awareness of self and environment and to respond to environmental stimuli. Dysfunction of the cerebral hemispheres or brain stem RETICULAR FORMATION may result in this condition. Consciousness, Level Altered,Disorder of Consciousness,Disorders of Consciousness,Semiconsciousness,Altered Level of Consciousness,Consciousness, Level Depressed,Depressed Level of Consciousness,Consciousness Disorder
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000641 Ammonia A colorless alkaline gas. It is formed in the body during decomposition of organic materials during a large number of metabolically important reactions. Note that the aqueous form of ammonia is referred to as AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE.
D001120 Arginine An essential amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form. Arginine Hydrochloride,Arginine, L-Isomer,DL-Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,L-Arginine,Arginine, L Isomer,DL Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,Hydrochloride, Arginine,L Arginine,L-Isomer Arginine,Monohydrate DL-Arginine Acetate
D012778 Short Bowel Syndrome A malabsorption syndrome resulting from extensive operative resection of the SMALL INTESTINE, the absorptive region of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Bowel Syndrome, Short,Bowel Syndromes, Short,Short Bowel Syndromes,Syndrome, Short Bowel,Syndromes, Short Bowel
D017809 Fatal Outcome Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept. Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal

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