This protocol is for the sick infant/child who has been previously diagnosed with isovaleric acidemia. The organic acidemias comprise a group of metabolic disorders in which the defect produces an accumulation of organic acids. The central emergency features of the organic acid disorders are profound metabolic ketoacidosis and hypoglycemia. The inheritance of isovaleric acidemia is autosomal recessive. It is often referred to as the “sweaty foot syndrome” due to the characteristic odor body and body fluids odor produced by it.
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