To resolve the question of a hepatic component in the metabolic encephalopathy, a provocative load of ammonium chloride was administered by mouth, and after 12 gm. had been given over a twenty ...

M.D., a gastroenterologist and expert in hepatic encephalopathy with the VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and ...

Evidence of a metabolic acidosis in intrapartum fetal ... Early onset of severe or moderate neonatal encephalopathy in infants ≥34 wk of gestation *All 3 of the essential criteria are necessary ...

Etiologies vary by age with metabolic and infectious diseases ... in children than adults but are dependent upon the degree of encephalopathy and diagnosis.