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Hepatic Encephalopathy

Clinics in Liver Disease, 2012
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis affect hundreds of millions of patients all over the world. The majority of patients with cirrhosis will eventually develop complications related to portal hypertension.
Wissam Bleibel, Abdullah M. S. Al-Osaimi
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Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy [PDF]

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2012
Hepatic encephalopathy can be a serious complication of acute liver failure and chronic liver diseases, predominantly liver cirrhosis. Hyperammonemia plays the most important role in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy.
Irena Ciećko-Michalska, Małgorzata Szczepanek, Agnieszka Słowik, Tomasz Mach   +3 more
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Rifaximin in the treatment of hepatic encephalopathy

Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research, 2011
Maddalena Diana Iadevaia, Anna Del Prete, Claudia Cesaro, Laura Gaeta, Claudio Zulli, Carmelina LoguercioDepartment of Internistica Clinica e Sperimentale, F Magrassi e A Lanzara, Hepatogastroenterology Unit, Second University of Naples, Naples ...
Iadevaia MD, Del Prete A, Cesaro C, Gaeta L, Zulli C, Loguercio C   +5 more
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Recent advances in hepatic encephalopathy [version 1; referees: 4 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Hepatic encephalopathy describes the array of neurological alterations that occur during acute liver failure or chronic liver injury. While key players in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy, such as increases in brain ammonia, alterations in ...
Victoria Liere, Gurkarminder Sandhu, Sharon DeMorrow   +2 more
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Screening of subclinical hepatic encephalopathy

Journal of Hepatology, 2000
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy adversely affects daily functioning. The aim of this study was to determine which elements of daily life have predictive value for subclinical hepatic encephalopathy.METHODS: The study was performed in ...
Paul F M Krabbe, Solko W Schalm
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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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Role of Zinc Deficiency in Development of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy among HCV Induced Compensated Cirrhotic Patients [PDF]

Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2017
Background and study aim: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is a term used to describe cirrhotic patients who are clinically normal but show abnormalities of neurophysiological variables and/or cognition.
Ibrahim Ibrahim, Amany Sediq
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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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