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What's the deal with Ammonia in hepatic encephalopathy?
A #cirrhosis QI #tweetorial

Aims
Try to answer this question while also showing
1) Ammonia levels dont matter
2) U should not restrict protein in patients with HE

Keywords: "ammonia hypothesis", sarcopenia
First, a poll:
Does Ammonia cause hepatic encephalopathy?
How did NH3 get involved with #HE in the first place?

Step 1: In 1877 Eck develops the first successful vascular anastamosis, a portocaval shunt. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9186464
Step2: Pavlov improves it
Step3: Dogs get goofy after eating meat:"Meat stupor"
Step4: What's up with meat!?
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