Hyperammonemia resulting from inherited urea cycle enzyme deficiencies or liver failure
results in severe central nervous system dysfunction including brain edema, convulsions …

Portal hypertension is a clinical syndrome defined by a portal venous pressure gradient
exceeding 5 mm Hg. 1 Cirrhosis is the most common cause of portal hypertension in the …

Research on hepatic encephalopathy is hampered by the imprecise definition of this
disabling complication of liver disease. Under this light, the Organisation Mondiale de …

The term minimal hepatic encephalopathy refers to the subtle changes in cognitive function,
electrophysiological parameters, cerebral neurochemical/neurotransmitter homeostasis …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) and EEG are
used to detect minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE). We aimed at standardizing PHES in …

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that occurs in both acute and
chronic liver failure. Although the precise pathophysiologic mechanisms responsible for HE …

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major neuropsychiatric complication of cirrhosis. HE
develops slowly in cirrhotic patients, starting with altered sleep patterns and eventually …

Objective: To elucidate the nature of the neuropsychological deficits associated with
subclinical hepatic encephalopathy. Design: Prospective study comparing the performance …

Article Abstract—Background: Neurobehavioral disorders after severe traumatic brain injury
(TBI) are poorly correlated with focal lesions detected by structural neuroimaging techniques …

There is no “gold standard” for diagnosing hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis.
In consequence, the presence of this condition, unless floridly overt, is often missed. As a …