Indian pediatrics
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Case Reports
Venovenous hemodiafiltration and hypothermia for treatment of cerebral edema associated with hyperammonemia.
We report a 50 hour old newborn with inborn urea cycle disorder and hyperammonia of 2320 umol/L. The pharmacological treatment of the first metabolic crisis was combined with venovenous hemodiafiltration and therapeutic hypothermia to rescue the patient from a life-threatening cerebral edema.