Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the epidemiology of hyperammonemia unrelated to liver failure in the critical care setting. DESIGN:Retrospective case series. SETTING:Critically ill patients admitted to ICUs at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (medical ICU, two mixed medical-surgical ICUs, coronary care unit, or the cardiosurgical ICU) between July 1, 2004, and October 31, 2015. PATIENTS:Adult critically ill patients with hyperammonemia not related to acute or chronic liver failure. We excluded patients with diagnosis of moderate or severe liver disease, hyperbilirubinemia, and patients who denied the use of their medical records. INTERVENTIONS:None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:Of 3,908 ICU patients with hyperammonemia, 167 (4.5%) had no evidence of acute or chronic liver failure. One-hundred one patients (60.5%) were male with median age of 65.7 years (interquartile range, 50-74.5 yr) and median serum ammonia level of 68 µg/dL (interquartile range, 58-87 µg/dL). Acute encephalopathy was present in 119 patients (71%). Predisposing conditions included malnutrition 27 (16%), gastric bypass six (3.6%), total parenteral nutrition four (2.4%); exposure to valproic acid 17 (10%); status epilepticus 11 (6.6%), high tumour burden 19 (11.3%), and renal failure 82 (49.1%). Urea cycle defects were diagnosed in seven patients (4.1%). Hospital mortality was high (30%), and median ammonia level was higher among the nonsurvivors (74 vs 67 µg/dL; p = 0.05). Deaths were more likely in hyperammonemic patients who were older (p = 0.016), had greater illness severity (higher Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III score, p < 0.01), malignancy (p < 0.01), and solid organ transplantation (p = 0.04), whereas seizure disorder was more common in survivors (p = 0.02). After adjustment, serum ammonia level was not associated with increased mortality. CONCLUSIONS:Hyperammonemia occurs in a substantial minority of critically ill patients without liver failure. These patients have a poor prognosis, although ammonia level per se is not independently associated with mortality. Serum ammonia should be measured when risk factors are present, such as nutritional deficiencies and protein refeeding, treatment with valproic acid, high tumour burden, and known or suspected urea cycle abnormalities.
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Critical care medicineauthors
Sakusic A,Sabov M,McCambridge AJ,Rabinstein AA,Singh TD,Mukesh K,Kashani KB,Cook D,Gajic Odoi
10.1097/CCM.0000000000003278subject
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2018-09-01 00:00:00pages
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0090-3493issn
1530-0293journal_volume
46pub_type
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2011-08-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e318207ec52
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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doi:10.1097/00003246-200106000-00010
更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198011000-00011
更新日期:1980-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:
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doi:10.1097/00003246-200007000-00024
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31829791da
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000150653.89451.6f
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825bc92f
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000127776.78490.e4
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-197611000-00011
更新日期:1976-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000142396.59236.f3
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00003246-197805000-00010
更新日期:1978-05-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/00003246-199307000-00012
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doi:10.1097/00003246-199701000-00016
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199008000-00016
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198507000-00005
更新日期:1985-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198311000-00011
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00