Gastrorenal shunt: a cause of hyperammonemia

Yuya Nakamura; Isao Ohsawa; Yoshikazu Goto; Hiromichi Gotoh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1323

Gastrorenal shunt: a cause of hyperammonemia

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Dec 15;6(1):240-241. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1323. eCollection 2018 Jan.

Authors

Yuya Nakamura^{1

2}, Isao Ohsawa¹, Yoshikazu Goto¹, Hiromichi Gotoh¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine Saiyu Soka Hospital Soka City Saitama-ken Japan.
² Department of Pharmacology School of Medicine Showa University Shinagawa-ku Tokyo Japan.

Abstract

Gastrorenal shunts may induce hyperammonemia. Portosystemic shunts should be suspected when hyperammonemia occurs in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Keywords: Chronic kidney disease; gastrorenal shunt; hyperammonemia.