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Table 3 Evolution of capillary blood ammonia after the oral glutamine challenge in patients and in healthy subjects

From: A capillary blood ammonia bedside test following glutamine load to improve the diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis

Patients

Baseline

30 minutes

60 minutes

 

75.2 ± 22 umol/l

117 ± 16 umol/l*#

169 ± 51 umol/l*#

Healthy subjects

Baseline

30 minutes

60 minutes

 

52 ± 11 umol/l

59 ± 15 umol/l

76 ± 23 umol/l

  1. Note: * p < 0.05 versus baseline value; # p < 0.05 versus value in healthy subjects.