Practical Utility of Serum Ammonia in Children With Acute Liver Failure: A Biomarker of Outcome
Serum ammonia level of >80 µmol/L can be used as an alert to ongoing encephalopathy although encephalopathy signs may be missing or subtle and a surrogate marker for earlier interventions for extracorporeal therapies. Moreover, levels >140 µmol/L predict the need for LT or death.
Authors
- Anil Kumar Dhawan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4942-0845)
- Akash Deep (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8430-5570)
- Anita Verma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-9363)
- Hala Abdullatif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2398-5231)
- Katharina Weigel
Institutions
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Transplantation Direct
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/txd.0000000000001755
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.32