Valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy: A case report (Turkish)
Valproic acid (VPA) is commonly used drug to treat variety of anticonvulsant and mood stabilizer in psychiatric and neurologic cases. It is thought to be a safe drug with a large therapeutic aspect..Uncommonly, hyperammonemia can be progressed by the usage of valproate and VPA induced hyperammo...
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| description | Valproic acid (VPA) is commonly used drug to treat variety
of anticonvulsant and mood stabilizer in psychiatric
and neurologic cases. It is thought to be a safe drug with
a large therapeutic aspect..Uncommonly, hyperammonemia
can be progressed by the usage of valproate and
VPA induced hyperammonemia delirium-like condition
by extrahepatic origin can be constituted. Being unrecognized
of this situation in a timely manner can result
in encephalopathy and even death. The measurement of
the level of ammonia is important to establish a potentially
lethal but reversible situation. In this case study, it
is aimed that to present hyperammonemia related to the
use of psychotropic drugs and to present a patient with
hyperammonemia during VPA and antipsychotic use
without a medical disease except bipolar disorder in the
past. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b09db488ab304f7fafc0365a09294dc32023-02-15T16:20:43ZengANP PublishingKlinik Psikiyatri Dergisi1302-00992146-71532018-03-0121110210610.5505/kpd.2018.19970Valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy: A case report (Turkish)Ferda Apa0Figen Çulha Ateşci1Gülfizar Sözeri Varma2Dr.Prof.Doç. Dr.Valproic acid (VPA) is commonly used drug to treat variety of anticonvulsant and mood stabilizer in psychiatric and neurologic cases. It is thought to be a safe drug with a large therapeutic aspect..Uncommonly, hyperammonemia can be progressed by the usage of valproate and VPA induced hyperammonemia delirium-like condition by extrahepatic origin can be constituted. Being unrecognized of this situation in a timely manner can result in encephalopathy and even death. The measurement of the level of ammonia is important to establish a potentially lethal but reversible situation. In this case study, it is aimed that to present hyperammonemia related to the use of psychotropic drugs and to present a patient with hyperammonemia during VPA and antipsychotic use without a medical disease except bipolar disorder in the past.https://www.journalagent.com/kpd/pdfs/KPD_21_1_102_106.pdfValproic acidnon-hepatic encephalopathyhyperammonemia |
| spellingShingle | Ferda Apa Figen Çulha Ateşci Gülfizar Sözeri Varma Valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy: A case report (Turkish) Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi Valproic acid non-hepatic encephalopathy hyperammonemia |
| title | Valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy: A case report (Turkish) |
| title_full | Valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy: A case report (Turkish) |
| title_fullStr | Valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy: A case report (Turkish) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy: A case report (Turkish) |
| title_short | Valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy: A case report (Turkish) |
| title_sort | valproic acid induced hyperammonemic encephalopathy a case report turkish |
| topic | Valproic acid non-hepatic encephalopathy hyperammonemia |
| url | https://www.journalagent.com/kpd/pdfs/KPD_21_1_102_106.pdf |
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