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Amrish Sahney1, Manav Wadhawan1
1Institute of Digestive & Liver Diseases, BLK Superspeciality Hospital, Delhi, India.
Abstract:
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major neuropsychiatric complication of cirrhosis. The clinical manifestations of HE ranges from mild confusion, disorientation to altered behaviour and coma in advanced stages. HE is an important cause of recurrent admissions in liver cirrhosis patients. HE is the most common cause of altered mentation in a patient of liver cirrhosis. Lactulose and rifaximin are approved treatment options for the treatment of HE. In patients who have localised neurological signs or are not improving with lactulose and rifaximin should be investigated for other causes of altered sensorium.
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