Pediatric intensive care unit and inborn errors of metabolism
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4912.2014.06.001
- VernacularTitle:儿科重症医学与遗传代谢病
- Author:
Jingfu HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pediatric intensive care unit;
Inborn errors of metabolism;
Blood purification
- From:
Chinese Pediatric Emergency Medicine
2014;21(6):337-339
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Patients with inborn errors of metabolism and metabolic crisis sometimes are admitted in PICU.The symptoms include severe acidosis,hyperammonemia,cerebral edema,coma,lethargy,convulsion,vomit,muscles weakness,jaundice,respiratory disorders and so on.We should improve the understanding of inherited metabolism diseases.This paper reviewed the manifestation,diagnosis,management and therapeutic approach of inborn errors of metabolism,especially mentioned the importance of purification in treatment of metabolic crisis.
