Hepatic encephalopathy: nomenclature, pathogenesis and treatment
JCQ Guillén, IC Soria, JMG Montes… - Revista espanola …, 2003 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome in patients with liver failure
and/or a portal-systemic bypass. Since 2002 a new nomenclature of HE exists, that classifies
HE in encephalopathy type A (associated with acute liver failure), type B (associated with
portal-systemic bypass), and type C (associated with liver cirrhosis). HE type A is
characterized by a rapid development to coma, cerebral edema, and a poor short-term
prognosis. Therefore, these patients should be referred to a liver transplantation center …
and/or a portal-systemic bypass. Since 2002 a new nomenclature of HE exists, that classifies
HE in encephalopathy type A (associated with acute liver failure), type B (associated with
portal-systemic bypass), and type C (associated with liver cirrhosis). HE type A is
characterized by a rapid development to coma, cerebral edema, and a poor short-term
prognosis. Therefore, these patients should be referred to a liver transplantation center …
Hepatic encephalopathy: nomenclature, pathogenesis and treatment.
QG Jc, C Soria, GM JM, HG JM - Revista Espanola de …, 2003 - europepmc.org
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome in patients with liver failure
and/or a portal-systemic bypass. Since 2002 a new nomenclature of HE exists, that classifies
HE in encephalopathy type A (associated with acute liver failure), type B (associated with
portal-systemic bypass), and type C (associated with liver cirrhosis). HE type A is
characterized by a rapid development to coma, cerebral edema, and a poor short-term
prognosis. Therefore, these patients should be referred to a liver transplantation center …
and/or a portal-systemic bypass. Since 2002 a new nomenclature of HE exists, that classifies
HE in encephalopathy type A (associated with acute liver failure), type B (associated with
portal-systemic bypass), and type C (associated with liver cirrhosis). HE type A is
characterized by a rapid development to coma, cerebral edema, and a poor short-term
prognosis. Therefore, these patients should be referred to a liver transplantation center …