Neonatal-onset of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: a case of severe hyperammonaemia
Severe hyperammonemia, if untreated, rapidly leads to encephalopathy, cerebral oedema, and death. It can result from inherited or acquired disorders. A full-term baby boy, with Apgar score of 9, was intubated for transient tachypnoea of the newborn (TTN) at 30 minutes of life. He was extubated at 21...
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2024
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118329/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/118329/1/118329.pdf |