Metabolic encephalopathy caused by nitrous oxide ('laughing gas') induced hyperammonaemia.

Vive, Marissa Ginette Danielle; Anguelova, Galia Valentinova; Duim, Sjoerd; Hofstee, Herman Marcel André

Vive, Marissa Ginette Danielle; Anguelova, Galia Valentinova; Duim, Sjoerd; Hofstee, Herman Marcel André.

Affiliation

Vive MGD; Internal Medicine, Haaglanden Medisch Centrum, The Hague, South-Holland, The Netherlands marissavive@gmail.com.
Anguelova GV; Neurology, Haaglanden Medisch Centrum, The Hague, South-Holland, The Netherlands.
Duim S; Clinical Chemistry, Haaglanden Medisch Centrum, The Hague, South-Holland, The Netherlands.
Hofstee HMA; Internal Medicine, Haaglanden Medisch Centrum, The Hague, South-Holland, The Netherlands.

BMJ Case Rep ; 12(11)2019 Nov 25.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31772134

Subject(s)

Brain Diseases, Metabolic/chemically induced; Confusion/diagnosis; Consciousness Disorders/diagnosis; Hyperammonemia/chemically induced; Nitrous Oxide/adverse effects; Adult; Brain Diseases, Metabolic/drug therapy; Confusion/etiology; Consciousness Disorders/etiology; Diagnosis, Differential; Gastrointestinal Agents/administration & dosage; Gastrointestinal Agents/therapeutic use; Humans; Hyperammonemia/complications; Lactulose/administration & dosage; Lactulose/therapeutic use; Male; Treatment Outcome; Vitamin B 12/administration & dosage; Vitamin B 12/therapeutic use; Vitamin B 12 Deficiency/complications; Vitamin B Complex/administration & dosage; Vitamin B Complex/therapeutic use; Vomiting/diagnosis

Key words

drugs misuse (including addiction); emergency medicine; peripheral nerve disease; sedation; vitamins and supplements

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_mente_y_cuerpo / Risoterapia Main subject: Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Confusion / Consciousness Disorders / Hyperammonemia / Nitrous Oxide Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Language: En Journal: BMJ Case Rep Year: 2019 Type: Article Affiliation country: Netherlands

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