Check Ammonia Toolkit
Resources to help healthcare professionals, families, and advocates recognize hyperammonemia, connect with expert care, and spread the message to Check Ammonia.
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Hyperammonemia can present at any age and in very different ways. These cases illustrate clinical situations in which ammonia testing should be considered.
Newborn
3 day old full term neonate presenting with recurrent seizures, poor feeding, low activity, and tachypnea.
Newborn
Female full term neonate presenting with irritability, hypertonia, tachypnea, and tachycardia.
Postpartum Adult
38 year old postpartum female presenting with behavioral symptoms, vomiting, and memory loss.
Post Bariatric Adult
34 year old female, 8 months after gastric bypass, presenting with weakness that quickly progressed to uncontrolled status epilepticus and neurological unresponsiveness requiring intubation.
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