Pediatric intensive care unit and inborn errors of metabolism / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Patients with inborn errors of metabolism and metabolic crisis sometimes are admitted in PICU.The symptoms include severe acidosis,hyperammonemia,cerebral edema,coma,lethargy,convulsion,vomit,muscles weakness,jaundice,respiratory disorders and so on.We should improve the understanding of inherited metabolism diseases.This paper reviewed the manifestation,diagnosis,management and therapeutic approach of inborn errors of metabolism,especially mentioned the importance of purification in treatment of metabolic crisis.