Transurethral Prostatic Resection Syndrome—A New Perspective: Encephalopathy with Associated Hyperammonemia
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 130 (4) , 704-707
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)51414-7
Abstract
Encephalopathy developed in 3 patients after transurethral prostatic resection. Each patient had blood ammonia levels more than 10 times the upper limit of normal. Data supportive of a metabolic cause for encephalopathy subsequently were obtained in a prospective study of patients undergoing transurethral prostatic resection with glycine irrigation. A distinct subpopulation of patients experiencing transurethral prostatic resection syndrome can be identified. These patients exhibit encephalopathic symptoms and have concurrent marked elevation of blood ammonia levels.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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