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Optimizing the Performance of the Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) for the Diagnosis of Hepatic Encephalopathy [PDF]
Jackson, CD, Marks, M, Morgan, MY
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Background and Objectives: The psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) is a composite score of five different neuropsychological tests. It is considered as gold standard test to diagnose Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy(MHE). But one problem with PHES is that it needs normative value of its five components as they vary from population to ...
Mrinmay Kumar Podder +6 more
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Abstract Background: Hepatic encephalopathy is the primary cause of mortality in cases of liver cirrhosis. The Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) is widely acknowledged as a gold standard for diagnosis of covert hepatic encephalopathy.
Su Zhou +7 more
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Normalisation of the psychometric encephalopathy score within the Cameroonian population
Background Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is the presence of neuropsychological abnormalities detectable by psychometric tests. Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) is a gold standard test for the early diagnosis of MHE in cirrhotic ...
Larissa Pessidjo Djomatcho +12 more
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P- 91 CHANGES IN EARLY VISUAL PERCEPTION IN PATIENTS WITH MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
Introduction and Objectives: Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy (MHE) is characterized by very subtle cognitive changes that are diagnosed with the Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) and critical flickering frequency (CFF).
José Luis Pérez Hernández +7 more
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Background Uremic encephalopathy is defined as cerebral dysfunction due to toxin accumulation in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). This condition is characterized by subtle to florid symptoms, and its clinical course is always progressive when ...
Fabiola Sanchez-Meza +4 more
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Education level: 0(0–6), 1(7–12), 2(over 12 years)Age: 0(20–29), 1(30–39), 2(40–49), 3(50–59), 4(60–69), 5 (over 70 years)Child-Pugh: 0(A), 1(B), 2(C)Risk factors associated with the diagnosis of minimal hepatic encephalopathy as defined by the ...
Ching-Liang Lu (404817) +7 more
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Adjustments for age and educational level in animal naming test cause patients’ discomfort and limit its use in clinical practice. In our study, animal naming test was useful in identifying covert hepatic encephalopathy and its adjustment using age and educational level had limited incremental value the diagnostic ability.
Takao Miwa +8 more
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Impact of Frailty on the Prognosis of Patients With Liver Cirrhosis Undergoing Insertion of a TIPS
In patients with cirrhosis undergoing TIPS, frailty—measured by the Liver Frailty Index—improved in those with poor baseline status; therefore, high frailty should not be seen as a contraindication to elective TIPS. Additionally, LFI assessment before TIPS enables identification of patients with excellent survival prognosis.
Martin Andreas Kabelitz +16 more
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ABSTRACT Chronic fatigue, mood disturbances, and cognitive deficits characterize the neurological post‐COVID syndrome (PCS). This study aimed to find out if PCS shows a diagnostic brain metabolic pattern that might also support clarification of the PCS pathology.
Ann‐Katrin Hennemann +6 more
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