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Schematic representation of the major sources of ammonia production and its excretory pathway (GI = gastrointestinal,
major sources of ammonia ... production of ammonia ... elimination of ammonia ... production) of ammonia ... producing UTI (i.e proteus
Shotgun Laboratory Testing for Severe Acute Livery Injury

https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/143598/hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known

#TWDFNR #Testing #Laboratory #LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup #Hepatology #EBM #ChoosingWisely
hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known ... LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
Urease-producing bacteria: Proteus ... Hyperammonemia #ammonia
Types of Renal Calculi

Calcium oxalate
 - Interstitial apatite plaque, Low urine volume, Increased urinary calcium excretion,
- Magnesium, ammonium ... Infection with ammonia-producing ... organisms: Proteus
UROLITHIASIS 

80% of stones are composed of calcium oxalate or phosphate. Others include uric acid (9%),
system; are Mg ammonium ... urease forming Proteus ... breakdown yields ammonia
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Consciousness - Workup ... Clinical Exam ... Imaging Section Clinical ... Refer to Blood Work ... #diagnosis #workup
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
TSH - LFTs, ammonia ... tox/infectious workup ... Delirium #Evaluation #Workup
Ammonium Urate Crystals on Urine Microscopy
Very much like a black sea urchin in these particular examples

Dr.
Ammonium Urate Crystals ... @JoseTesser #Ammonium ... #crystalluria #clinical
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
factor-cleaving protease ... inhibitor to the protease ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup
Urine Microscopy Crystals
Uric Acid crystals:
 - Formation promoted by acidic urine
 - Seen in tumor lysis
disease Magnesium ammonium ... Proteus, Klebsiella