Hepatic Encephalopathy - Etiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Impairment of driving ability and neuropsychological function in patients with MHE disease.

30 Jul 2009 Minimal hepatitis encephalopathy (MHE) is a liver cirrhosis complication that does not show symptoms of overt hepatitis encephalopathy (OHE) but can be detected using specific complementary neuropsychological and neurophysiological evaluations. ... Read more...

[Fulminant and subfulminant hepatitis: causes and treatment]

29 Jun 2009 Fulminant hepatitis is an emergency because within a few hours, the physician must find the cause of the hepatitis (not identified in 15 to 20% of cases), rule out any contraindication to liver transplantation, verify that it is indicated, and ... Read more...

[A case of diffuse hepatic arteriovenous fistulae with hepatic encephalopathy, postprandial abdominal pain and biliary injury]

29 Jun 2009 A 60-year-old woman with hepatic encephalopathy was admitted to our hospital. Ultrasonography, computed tomography and hepatic arteriography revealed diffuse hepatic arteriovenous fistulae (HAVF). Overt portosystemic shunt could not be identified. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hepatic Encephalopathy - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Impairment of driving ability and neuropsychological function in patients with MHE disease. 30 Jul 2009
• [Fulminant and subfulminant hepatitis: causes and treatment] 29 Jun 2009
• [A case of diffuse hepatic arteriovenous fistulae with hepatic encephalopathy, postprandial abdominal pain and biliary injury] 29 Jun 2009
• Hepatic encephalopathy: pathophysiology and emerging therapies. 29 Jun 2009
• Therapeutic hypothermia for acute liver failure. 29 Jun 2009
• The association between the serum sodium level and the severity of complications in liver cirrhosis. 6 Jun 2009
• Secondary prophylaxis of hepatic encephalopathy: an open-label randomized controlled trial of lactulose versus placebo. 4 Jun 2009
• Complete neurological recovery from fulminant hepatic failure with subarachnoid hemorrhage by living donor liver transplantation: a case report. 30 May 2009
• Performance of the hepatic encephalopathy scoring algorithm in a clinical trial of patients with cirrhosis and severe hepatic encephalopathy. 30 May 2009
• Hyponatremia is a risk factor of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis: a prospective study with time-dependent analysis. 30 May 2009
• Hyponatremia in hepatic encephalopathy: an accomplice or innocent bystander? 30 May 2009
• Severity of organ failure is an independent predictor of intracranial hypertension in acute liver failure. 20 May 2009
• [Elderly hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia female with portosystemic encephalopathy] 29 Apr 2009
• Care of the cirrhotic patient. 29 Apr 2009
• [Significance of NST in the nutritional management for liver disorders] 29 Apr 2009
• Refractory hepatic encephalopathy due to concomitant transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and spontaneous mesocaval shunt controlled by embolization of the competitive portosystemic shunt. 29 Apr 2009
• Portal-systemic encephalopathy after Fontan-type operation in patient with polysplenia syndrome. 8 Apr 2009
• Outcomes of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt through the left branch vs. the right branch of the portal vein in advanced cirrhosis: a randomized trial. 4 Apr 2009
• The evaluation of liver dysfunction: when to suspect portal hypertension. 30 Mar 2009
• Hepatic encephalopathy, ammonia, glutamate, glutamine and oxidative stress. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Hepatic Encephalopathy'

Definition: A syndrome characterized by central nervous system dysfunction in association with LIVER FAILURE, including portal-systemic shunts. Clinical features include lethargy and CONFUSION (frequently progressing to COMA); ASTERIXIS; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; brisk oculovestibular reflexes; decorticate and decerebrate posturing; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; and bilateral extensor plantar reflexes (see REFLEX, BABINSKI). ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY may demonstrate triphasic waves. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1117-20; Plum & Posner, Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma, 3rd ed, p222-5)

Descriptor UI: D006501

Alternative terms: Hepatic Encephalopathy; Encephalopathies, Hepatic; Hepatic Encephalopathies; Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy; Portal Systemic Encephalopathy; Encephalopathy, Portosystemic; Encephalopathy, Hepatic; Encephalopathy, Hepatocerebral; Encephalopathies, Hepatocerebral; Hepatocerebral Encephalopathies; Encephalopathy, Portal-Systemic; Encephalopathies, Portal-Systemic; Encephalopathy, Portal Systemic; Portal-Systemic Encephalopathies; Hepatocerebral Encephalopathy; Portosystemic Encephalopathy; Encephalopathies, Portosystemic; Portosystemic Encephalopathies; Hepatic Coma; Coma, Hepatic; Comas, Hepatic; Hepatic Comas; Hepatic Stupor; Hepatic Stupors; Stupor, Hepatic; Stupors, Hepatic; Fulminant Hepatic Failure with Cerebral Edema;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C06.552.308.500.356; C10.228.140.163.360; C18.452.132.360;

History Note: 1984; use HEPATIC COMA 1975-83