EASL Studio Podcast: Is there a role for measuring blood ammonia in patients with cirrhosis?
In this episode, the faculty review the evidence base for ammonia measurement in patients with cirrhosis, exploring whether hyperammonaemia is indicative of a poor prognosis and if erroneous measurements correlate with the efficacy of ammonia-lowering therapies. The debate also extends to the use of ammonia as a potential endpoint in randomised controlled trials for hepatic encephalopathy drugs. Faculty Debbie Shawcross (Moderator)Rajiv Jalan (Faculty)Sara Montagnese (Faculty)Elliot Tapper (F...