Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neurocognitive dysfunction based on metabolic disorders caused by severe liver disease, which has a high one-year mortality. Mild hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) has a ...

Pathogenesis The two elements that confer the name to the syndrome and intervene in its clinical classification are neurological disturbance and liver failure. According to the characteristics of ...

Encephalopathy is a syndrome that involves global brain dysfunction. Encephalopathies have varying aetiologies: causes include for example ischaemic or traumatic brain injury, infectious agents ...

Bacterial pathogenesis is the process by which bacteria infect and cause disease in a host. Not all bacteria are pathogens and have the ability for pathogenesis (also known as virulence). Ryan et ...

Hepatic Encephalopathy Juan Córdoba, M.D.; Beatriz Mínguez, M.D. Disclosures Semin Liver Dis. 2008;28 (1):70-80.

The prevention and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy, in people with cirrhosis, largely depends on use of the compound lactulose. Rifaximin is not used to treat hepatic encephalopathy, at present, ...

Introduction Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) frequently results in emergency admission to hospital. Treatment with the non-absorbable antibiotic rifaximin is effective at preventing recurrence of ...