Background and Aim: Development of overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is associated with poor prognosis in patients with cirrhosis. Lactulose is used for the treatment of HE. There is no study on ...

This study shows that the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy was lower in cirrhotic ... Five (14%) of patients developed overt HE in the lactulose group and 14 (40%) in the non-lactulose group ...

Symptoms that are sometimes diagnosed as part of dementia might actually be related to a treatable liver condition, according ...

The AMMON-OHE model predicts post-TIPS overt hepatic encephalopathy (WED-224). Dr. María Pilar Ballester The AMMON-OHE model predicts liver-related complications in outpatients with cirrhosis ...

Liver cirrhosis often results in a condition known as hepatic encephalopathy (HE). This is a functional disorder of the ...

but recommend caution as treatment with histamine H1 blockers carries a risk for the development of overt hepatic encephalopathy.

Furthermore, only patients who consumed yoghurt significantly improved their psychometric test results, and only patients in the no treatment arm (25%) developed overt hepatic encephalopathy.