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Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2017 Hepatic encephalopathy is a complication of both acute and chronic liver failure. The disease can range from mild cognitive deficits to deep coma. Ammonia accumulation and inflammation are the two most accepted causes of hepatic encephalopathy.
Bret Alvis, Amy Robertson
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Hepatic encephalopathy: A review
Annals of Hepatology, 2003 Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a complication that presents in as many as 28% of patients with cirrhosis, and reported up to ten years after the diagnosis of cirrhosis. Commonly, it is observed in patients with severe hepatic failure and is characterized
Javier Lizardi-Cervera, MD +3 more
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DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, 2001 Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a reversible syndrome of impaired brain function occurring in patients with advanced liver diseases. The precise pathophysiology of HE is still under discussion; the leading hypothesis focus on the role of neurotoxins, impaired neurotransmission due to metabolic changes in liver failure, changes in brain energy metabolism,
A T, Blei, J, Córdoba
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Minimal hepatic encephalopathy
Annals of Hepatology, 2011 The term minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) refers to the subtle changes in cognitive function, electrophysiological parameters, cerebral neurochemical/neurotransmitter homeostasis, cerebral blood flow, metabolism, and fluid homeostasis that can be ...
Luis Eduardo Zamora Nava +1 more
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Study of the Correlation between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2014 Background and study aim: Ammonia plays a major role in hepatic encephalopathy pathogenesis. Most of ammonia is known to be produced by the action of colonic bacteria which possess a urease enzyme activity. H. pylori which infects the stomach possesses a
Mahmoud Kamel +3 more
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract Background and Aims Reliable noninvasive biomarkers are an unmet clinical need for the diagnosis of NASH. This study investigates the diagnostic accuracy of the circulating triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (plasma TREM2) as a biomarker for NASH in patients with NAFLD and elevated liver stiffness.
Vineesh Indira Chandran +17 more
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Hepatic Encephalopathy Induced Transient Cortical Blindness
Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2022 Hepatic encephalopathy describes a spectrum of potentially reversible neuropsychiatric abnormalities seen in a patient with severe liver dysfunction with porto-systemic shunting.
Shweta Pokhrel +5 more
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Probiotics in Early grades of Hepatic Encephalopathy [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2011 Background and study aim: Modification of intestinal flora, through different mechanisms is regarded as a therapeutic option in management of hepatic encephalopathy.
Emad Hamed, Soha Elhawari
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, 2023 Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a complex neurological syndrome, characteristic of patients with liver disease, that causes a wide and complex spectrum of nonspecific neurological and psychiatric manifestations, ranging from a subclinical entity such as ...
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