Open AccessRelationship between the incidence of non-hepatic hyperammonemia and the prognosis of patients in the intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Zhipeng Yao,
Yue Li,
Yang Liu,
Hongliang Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v26.i45.7222
Subject(s) - hyperammonemia , intensive care unit , incidence (geometry) , medicine , gastroenterology , intensive care medicine , optics , physics
Ammonia is a normal constituent of body fluids and is found mainly through the formation of urea in the liver. Blood levels of ammonia must remain low as even slightly elevated concentrations (hyperammonemia) are toxic to the central nervous system.