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Development of a New Index to Distinguish Hepatic Encephalopathy through Automated Quantification of Globus Pallidal Signal Intensity Using MRI

Diagnostics, 2022
Hyperintensities within the bilateral globus pallidus on T1-weighted magnetic resonance images were present in some liver cirrhosis patients with hepatic encephalopathy. The symptoms of covert hepatic encephalopathy are similar to those of mild dementia.
Yasuyuki Tamai, Motoh Iwasa, Yuichi Yoshida, Jun Nomoto, Takahiro Kato, Hiroe Asuke, Akiko Eguchi, Yoshiyuki Takei, Hayato Nakagawa   +8 more
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Impact of Hepatic Encephalopathy on Clinical Characteristics and Adverse Outcomes in Prospective and Multicenter Cohorts of Patients With Acute-on-Chronic Liver Diseases

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Importance: Hepatic encephalopathy is a severe complication, and its contribution to clinical adverse outcomes in patients with acute-on-chronic liver diseases from the East is unclear.Objective: We aimed to investigate the impact of hepatic ...
Liyuan Long, Hai Li, Hai Li, Hai Li, Guohong Deng, Guohong Deng, Xianbo Wang, Xianbo Wang, Sihong Lu, Beiling Li, Zhongji Meng, Zhongji Meng, Yanhang Gao, Yanhang Gao, Zhiping Qian, Zhiping Qian, Feng Liu, Feng Liu, Feng Liu, Xiaobo Lu, Xiaobo Lu, Haotang Ren, Jia Shang, Hai Li, Shaoyang Wang, Yubao Zheng, Yubao Zheng, Huadong Yan, Huadong Yan, Shan Yin, Shan Yin, Wenting Tan, Qun Zhang, Xin Zheng, Xin Zheng, Jinjun Chen, Jinjun Chen, Sen Luo, Jinming Zhao, Wei Yuan, Tao Li, Rongjiong Zheng, Junping Liu, Xiaoxiao Liu, Wenyi Gu, Wenyi Gu, Sumeng Li, Xue Mei, Ruochan Chen, Yan Huang, Yan Huang   +50 more
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Detecting minimal hepatic encephalopathy in an endemic country for hepatitis B: the role of psychometrics and serum IL-6. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
It remains unknown what the prevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy is in Taiwan, a highly endemic country for chronic viral hepatitis infection. It is also unclear whether abnormal serum cytokine levels can be indicative of the presence of minimal ...
Chia-Fen Tsai, Chi-Jen Chu, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Yen-Po Wang, Pei-Yi Liu, Han-Chieh Lin, Fa-Yauh Lee, Ching-Liang Lu   +7 more
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Association Of Electroencephalogram Patterns With Ammonia Levels In Hepatic Encephalopathy Patients

Journal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2023
Objective: To find out the association between electroencephalogram (EEG) and hepatic encephalopathy. Methodology: This cross-sectional study included 100 patients (with the age of52.5±6.09years for males and 51.7 ± 6.10 years for females) of ...
Anam Fatima, Faridullah Shah, Hareema Saeed Khan, Kashif Rauf, Asif Jalil, Muhammad Saleem Akhter   +5 more
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Association of Serum Ammonia Levels with Severity of Grades of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients Presenting to er of a Tertiary Care Hospital

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022
Objective: To determine the association of serum Ammonia levels with severity of grades of hepatic encephalopathy in patients presenting to the department. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study.
Muhammad Dawood, Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Sonia Madad, Andaleeb Khan, Kamil Rehman Butt, Shahana Rehman   +5 more
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A Challenging Case of Refractory Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Postliver Retransplant Patient with Thrombosed Portal Vein: A Shunt for a Shunt

Case Reports in Hepatology, 2023
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a frequent and serious complication of chronic liver disease. The mechanism of hepatic encephalopathy is not entirely clear. Hepatic encephalopathy is defined as brain dysfunction caused by liver insufficiency and/or portal-
Fady Salama, Anna Christina Leyson, Malay Shah, Roberto Galuppo Monticelli   +3 more
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Results of using L-ornitin-L-aspartate in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy in liver transplantation

Трансплантология (Москва), 2021
The aim was to study the results of using various treatment regimens for hepatic encephalopathy for patients with liver cirrhosis before and after liver transplantation and the effect on the incidence and severity of hepatic encephalopathy in the ...
S. E. Voskanyan, E. V. Naydenov, A. I. Artemev, D. A. Zabezhinskiy, K. K. Gubarev, V. S. Rudakov, M. V. Shabalin, D. S. Svetlakova, A. P. Maltseva, Yu. V. Voskanyan, A. G. Naydenova, M. Muktarzhan, Z. Sadykhov   +12 more
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Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: The Reality Beyond Our Eyes

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2015
Introduction: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy refers to a mild neurocognitive impairment not detectable by clinical examination that can be present in cirrhotic patients.
Mara Barbosa, Carla Marinho, Paula Mota, José Cotter   +3 more
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Risk factors for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis: a retrospective study

Di-san junyi daxue xuebao, 2019
Objective To explore the risk factors associated with hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis. Methods A total of 188 cirrhotic patients diagnosed with hepatic encephalopathy admitted in our hospital during June 2016 and June 2018 were enrolled
WANG Na, LI Juan, LI Xia, LIANG Luwen, WANG Xiaomei   +4 more
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Minimal hepatic encephalopathy – diagnosis and treatment

Gastroenterology Review, 2021
Hepatic encephalopathy is a dysfunction of the central nervous system caused by chronic and acute liver disease. It presents a wide spectrum of symptoms from undetectable in a standard clinical examination to hepatic coma.
Wojciech Pisarek
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