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Hepatic Encephalopathy: Definition, Clinical Grading and Diagnostic Principles

Drugs, 2019
In general, hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is defined as a brain dysfunction caused by liver insufficiency and/or portal-systemic blood shunting. This article relates to the so-called type C HE: that is, HE in patients with liver cirrhosis.
K. Weissenborn
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A novel method using the level of mobility to predict mortality in patients admitted for decompensated cirrhosis: A prospective study

, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Andrew J. Groff, Marina Serper, Sunny Y. Tao, Pamela M. Bloomer, Michael A. Dunn, Andres Duarte‐Rojo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of albumin-bilirubin score in prediction of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding

Egyptian Liver Journal, 2021
Background Hepatic encephalopathy exacerbates the morbidity, delays hospital discharge, and increases the rate of readmissions of cirrhotic patients, particularly those are admitted by acute variceal bleeding.
Rehab Elsayed Elsafty, Abdallah Ahmed Elsawy, Ahmed Fawzy Selim, Atef Mohamed Taha   +3 more
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Baseline MELD score predicts hepatic decompensation during antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced cirrhosis [PDF]

, 2013
Background and Aims: In patients with advanced liver cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection antiviral therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin is feasible in selected cases only due to potentially life-threatening side effects ...
Dultz, Georg, Friedrich-Rust, Mireen, Herrmann, Eva, Hofmann, Wolf Peter, Kronenberger, Bernd, Sarrazin, Christoph, Seelhof, Martin, Teuber, Gerlinde, Vermehren, Johannes, Wagner, Michael von, Welker, Martin-Walter, Zeuzem, Stefan   +11 more
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Outcomes after hepatic encephalopathy in population‐based cohorts of patients with cirrhosis

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2020
Hepatic encephalopathy is a devastating complication of cirrhosis.
E. Tapper, Devin Aberasturi, Zhe Zhao, Chia-Yang Hsu, N. Parikh   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2013
Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is the earliest form of hepatic encephalopathy and can affect up to 80% of cirrhotic patients. By definition, it has no obvious clinical manifestation and is characterized by neurocognitive impairment in attention, vigilance and integrative function.
Laura M Stinton, Saumya Jayakumar
openaire   +3 more sources

Construction of guideline⁃based grading evaluation scheme for hepatic encephalopathy

Huli yanjiu, 2020
ObjectiveTo construct guideline-based grading evaluation scheme for hepatic encephalopathy.MethodsThe relevant evidences for hepatic encephalopathy practice guidelines were searched in the Cochrane Library，CINAHL，UpToDate，as well as Medline，Elsevier，Web ...
PANG Yongli, CHEN Miaoxia, FANG Hengying, GU Jiaojiao, LUO Yuanrong   +4 more
doaj  

Assessment of the Therapeutic Effect of Polyethylene glycol and Lactulose in Patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy

Novelty in Biomedicine, 2022
Background: The mechanism of cerebral dysfunction in hepatic encephalopathy is unknown, although ammonia produced by intestinal bacteria is an essential factor.
Majid Iranshahi Iranshahi, Parviz Amri, Mohamad Amri   +2 more
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Coil-Assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration (CARTO) for the Treatment of Portal Hypertensive Variceal Bleeding: Preliminary Results. [PDF]

, 2014
ObjectivesTo describe the technical feasibility, safety, and clinical outcomes of coil-assisted retrograde transvenous obliteration (CARTO) in treating portal hypertensive non-esophageal variceal hemorrhage.MethodsFrom October 2012 to December 2013, 20 ...
Busuttil, Ronald, Durazo, Francisco, Goldstein, Leonard, Gomes, Antoinette S, Han, Steven-Huy, Kee, Stephen T, Lee, Edward W, Loh, Christopher T, McWilliams, Justin, Moriarty, John, Saab, Sammy, Tafti, Bashir A   +11 more
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Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy

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
doaj   +1 more source