Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: blood ammonia level

  • The Korean soldier

    Charles HalstedDavis, California, United States A fifty-five-year-old Korean man arrived at the emergency room of our teaching hospital after suddenly vomiting blood during the night. Called next morning to consult in our intensive care unit, I reviewed his chart and pulled back the curtain surrounding his bed. I found him barely responsive with moderate tachycardia…