Open AccessVariability and Lability of Ammonia Levels in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Cirrhosis: Implications for Trial Design and Clinical Practice
Author(s) -
Jasmohan S. Bajaj,
Patricia P. Bloom,
Raymond T. Chung,
Tarek Hassanein,
Marielys Padilla-Martinez,
Zeid Kayali,
Don C. Rockey,
Roula Sasso,
Alagar R. Muthukumar,
William M. Lee,
William S. Denney,
Edith Gavis,
Cami Anderson,
Larry Blankstein,
Aoife M. Brennan,
Marja Puurunen,
Eric Lawitz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the american journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.907
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1572-0241
pISSN - 0002-9270
DOI - 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000384
Subject(s) - hepatic encephalopathy , medicine , cirrhosis , lability , ammonia , gastroenterology , meal , clinical trial , clinical practice , biochemistry , physical therapy , chemistry
Ammonia levels are used to assess hepatic encephalopathy, but their levels are highly variable in clinical practice.