Hepatic Encephalopathy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated with motor vehicle crashes: the reality beyond the driving test.

29 Sep 2009 Patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) have impaired driving skills, but association of MHE with motor vehicle crashes is unclear. Standard psychometric tests (SPT) or inhibitory control test (ICT) can be used to diagnose MHE. The aim ... Read more...

Emerging drugs for hepatic encephalopathy.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a severe complication of cirrhosis, seriously affecting the patients' quality of life. The classical approach aimed at reducing the production of gut-derived toxins, such as ammonia, is under debate as, at ... Read more...

Differentiating focal eosinophilic necrosis of the liver from hepatic metastases using unenhanced and portal venous phase computed tomographic imagings: results of univariate and multivariate statistical analyses.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of computed tomographic (CT) predictors on portal venous phase images and a new CT predictor on unenhanced images in differentiating focal eosinophilic necrosis (FEN) from hepatic metastases. MATERIALS AND ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hepatic Encephalopathy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Alcoholic hepatitis. 6 Oct 2009
• Minimal hepatic encephalopathy and driving. 29 Sep 2009
• Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated with motor vehicle crashes: the reality beyond the driving test. 29 Sep 2009
• Emerging drugs for hepatic encephalopathy. 30 Aug 2009
• Differentiating focal eosinophilic necrosis of the liver from hepatic metastases using unenhanced and portal venous phase computed tomographic imagings: results of univariate and multivariate statistical analyses. 30 Aug 2009
• The 'Gerstmann's Syndrome' of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: should it be the left or should it be the right. 30 Aug 2009
• Toxic and acquired metabolic encephalopathies: MRI appearance. 30 Aug 2009
• Night-time sleep disturbance does not correlate with neuropsychiatric impairment in patients with cirrhosis. 12 Aug 2009
• Neurotransmitter receptor imbalances in motor cortex and basal ganglia in hepatic encephalopathy. Aug 2009
• Impairment of driving ability and neuropsychological function in patients with MHE disease. 30 Jul 2009
• Toward safer sedation in patients with cirrhosis: have we done enough? 30 Jul 2009
• Cranial MRI in acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy. 30 Jul 2009
• Hepatic encephalopathy. 30 Jul 2009
• Prolonged exposure to ammonia increases extracellular glutamate in cultured rat astrocytes. 30 Jun 2009
• Neurophysiological investigations of hepatic encephalopathy: ISHEN practice guidelines. 29 Jun 2009
• Experimental models of hepatic encephalopathy: ISHEN guidelines. 29 Jun 2009
• [Usefulness and safety of extracorporeal liver support therapy using MARSR for patients with liver failure: a preliminary report] 29 Jun 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

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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