Urea cycle disorders: management

Evidence-based neurology checklist on urea cycle disorders: management: First line tests: plasma ammonia: indications Unexplained change in consciousness Unusual neurological illness Liver failure Suspected intoxication First line tests: if plasma ammonia is elevated Other investigations Acute…

First line tests: plasma ammonia: indications

  • Unexplained change in consciousness
  • Unusual neurological illness
  • Liver failure
  • Suspected intoxication

First line tests: if plasma ammonia is elevated

Other investigations

Acute treatment

Chronic treatment

Precautions

References

  1. Häberle J, Boddaert N, Burlina A, et al. Suggested guidelines for the diagnosis and management of urea cycle disorders. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2012; 7:32. 
  2. Blair NF, Cremer PD, Tchan MC. Urea cycle disorders: a life-threatening yet treatable cause of metabolic encephalopathy in adults. Pract Neurol 2015; 15:45-48.
  3. Seminara J, Tuchman M, Krivitzky L, et al. Establishing a consortium for the study of rare diseases: The Urea Cycle Disorders Consortium. Mol Genet Metab 2010; 100(Suppl 1):S97-S105.
  4. Imbard A, Bouchereau J, Arnoux JB, et al. Citrulline in the management of patients with urea cycle disorders. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2023; 18:207. 
  5. García Vega M, Andrade JD, Morais A, et al. Urea cycle disorders and indications for liver transplantation. Front Pediatr 2023; 11:1103757. 
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