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Hepatic Encephalopathy: Early Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Cirrhosis
OBJECTIVE: As acute liver failure (ALF) and chronic liver disease (cirrhosis) continue to increase in prevalence, we will see more cases of hepatic encephalopathy. Primary care physician are often the first to suspect it, since they are familiar with the patient’s usual physical and mental status. T...
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943054/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24665321 |
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author | DARA, Naghi SAYYARI, Ali-Akbar IMANZADEH, Farid |
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description | OBJECTIVE: As acute liver failure (ALF) and chronic liver disease (cirrhosis) continue to increase in prevalence, we will see more cases of hepatic encephalopathy. Primary care physician are often the first to suspect it, since they are familiar with the patient’s usual physical and mental status. This serious complication typically occurs in patients with severe comorbidities and needs multidisciplinary evaluation and care. Hepatic encephalopathy should be considered in any patient with acute liver failure and cirrhosis who presents with neuropsychiatric manifestations, decrease level of consciousness (coma), change of personality, intellectual and behavioral deterioration, speech and motor dysfunction. Every cirrhotic patient may be at risk; potential precipitating factors should be addressed in regular clinic visits. The encephalopathy of liver disease may be prominent, or can be present in subtle forms, such as decline of school performance, emotional outbursts, or depression. “Subtle form” of hepatic encephalopathy may not be obvious on clinical examination, but can be detected by neurophysiologic and neuropsychiatric testing. |
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spelling | pubmed-39430542015-03-01 Hepatic Encephalopathy: Early Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Cirrhosis DARA, Naghi SAYYARI, Ali-Akbar IMANZADEH, Farid Iran J Child Neurol Review Article OBJECTIVE: As acute liver failure (ALF) and chronic liver disease (cirrhosis) continue to increase in prevalence, we will see more cases of hepatic encephalopathy. Primary care physician are often the first to suspect it, since they are familiar with the patient’s usual physical and mental status. This serious complication typically occurs in patients with severe comorbidities and needs multidisciplinary evaluation and care. Hepatic encephalopathy should be considered in any patient with acute liver failure and cirrhosis who presents with neuropsychiatric manifestations, decrease level of consciousness (coma), change of personality, intellectual and behavioral deterioration, speech and motor dysfunction. Every cirrhotic patient may be at risk; potential precipitating factors should be addressed in regular clinic visits. The encephalopathy of liver disease may be prominent, or can be present in subtle forms, such as decline of school performance, emotional outbursts, or depression. “Subtle form” of hepatic encephalopathy may not be obvious on clinical examination, but can be detected by neurophysiologic and neuropsychiatric testing. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3943054/ /pubmed/24665321 Text en 2014: Iranian Journal of Child Neurology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article DARA, Naghi SAYYARI, Ali-Akbar IMANZADEH, Farid Hepatic Encephalopathy: Early Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Cirrhosis |
title | Hepatic Encephalopathy: Early Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Cirrhosis |
title_full | Hepatic Encephalopathy: Early Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Cirrhosis |
title_fullStr | Hepatic Encephalopathy: Early Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Cirrhosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Hepatic Encephalopathy: Early Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Cirrhosis |
title_short | Hepatic Encephalopathy: Early Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients With Cirrhosis |
title_sort | hepatic encephalopathy: early diagnosis in pediatric patients with cirrhosis |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943054/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24665321 |
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