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In a message dated 97-04-09 19:11:18 EDT, you write:
<< p.s. The baby didn't die from cosleeping - he had ammonia levels of
2500. No one knows why.
Debbie Codding, RN, BSN
Oak Harbor, WA >>
Debbie, Remember my post about the baby with citrulinemia? When the
body cannot process the amino acid, argenine, the ammonia levels become
toxic. It's a metabolic disease like PKU. The baby I worked with had an
ammonia level in the 400's when he was hospitalized with seizures. We have
a neo here who did research on this condition at the University of FLorida (I
believe). Please e-mail me if you want more information. This baby
presented with "poor feeding", spitting up and his mother had TONS of milk
and a forceful letdown. They did a barium swallow at 3-4 days of age. He
was jaundiced, finally lethargic and not eating when they sent him for a
bili -he seized at the hospital. This baby was in ICU for some time and
does obviously have some residual deficits. He is was maintained on carefully
calculated EBM and a medication that helps with digestion of protein. Liz
Flight, RN, CLE, IBCLC
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