TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatic Encephalopathy
AU - Khungar, Vandana
AU - Poordad, Fred
PY - 2012/5/1
Y1 - 2012/5/1
N2 - Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) represents a continuum of transient and reversible neurologic and psychiatric dysfunction. It is a reversible state of impaired cognitive function or altered consciousness in patients with liver disease or portosystemic shunting. Over the last several years, high-quality studies have been conducted on various pharmacologic therapies for HE; as more data emerge, it is hoped that HE will become a more easily treated complication of decompensated liver disease. In the interim, it is important that physicians continue to screen for minimal HE and treat patients early in addition to continuing to provide current treatments of overt HE.
AB - Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) represents a continuum of transient and reversible neurologic and psychiatric dysfunction. It is a reversible state of impaired cognitive function or altered consciousness in patients with liver disease or portosystemic shunting. Over the last several years, high-quality studies have been conducted on various pharmacologic therapies for HE; as more data emerge, it is hoped that HE will become a more easily treated complication of decompensated liver disease. In the interim, it is important that physicians continue to screen for minimal HE and treat patients early in addition to continuing to provide current treatments of overt HE.
KW - Hepatic encephalopathy
KW - Minimal hepatic encephalopathy
KW - Overt hepatic encephalopathy
KW - Treatment
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cld.2012.03.009
DO - 10.1016/j.cld.2012.03.009
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22541700
AN - SCOPUS:84860280208
SN - 1089-3261
VL - 16
SP - 301
EP - 320
JO - Clinics in Liver Disease
JF - Clinics in Liver Disease
IS - 2
ER -