Metabolic encephalopathy caused by nitrous oxide (‘laughing gas’) induced hyperammonaemia

A 26-year-old man presented at the emergency department with confusion and decreased consciousness after several days of vomiting. In the preceding 6 months, he had used a 2-litre tank of nitrous oxide (N(2)O) weekly. His metabolic encephalopathy was caused by hyperammonaemia which probably resulted...

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Pubblicato in:BMJ Case Rep
Autori principali: Vive, Marissa Ginette Danielle, Anguelova, Galia Valentinova, Duim, Sjoerd, Hofstee, Herman Marcel André
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Findings That Shed New Light on the Possible Pathogenesis of a Disease or an Adverse Effect
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6887395/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31772134
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-232163
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