Ammonia

Ammonia is a pungent smelling, colourless gas. It is composed of one nitrogen and three hydrogen atoms. Ammonia is used in the treatment of hepatopathies, chemotherapy, congenital metabolic disorders and valproate therapy.

Standard value: in plasma and serum: in men the standard value is up to 94 ug/dl, in women it is between up to 82 ug/dl and 55,3 µmol/l in men and up to 48,2 µmol/l in women

Pathologically increased: in hepatic coma due to liver failure of different genesis, high-dose chemotherapy, Reye's syndrome, multiple myeloma, portocaval anastomoses, valproate therapy, various hyperammonemias, urinary tract infections, terminal liver cirrhosis.