Everyone Healthy Bringing clearer health knowledge to everyone.

Everyone Healthy Library

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.

← Back to condition / disease list Conditions Symptom checker

Connected health information

Explore this condition in a clear order

1. Attributes 2. Signs & symptoms 3. Drugs / medications 4. Treatments by type 5. Further tests / investigations 6. Biological / test markers

Condition overview

Attributes

Commonalityis uncommon

Linked signs and symptoms

25

Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.

Linked drugs / medications

0

No linked drugs are listed yet.

Treatments, therapies and supportive options

0

Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.

No linked treatment or supportive options are listed yet.

Linked diagnostic tests and investigations

3

These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.

Biological and test markers

3

This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.

Often increased

3

Often decreased

0

No markers in this group.

Other associated markers

0

No markers in this group.

Introduction / full article

Hepatic Encephalopathy

ID 2277

Summary References

Treatments:

1. http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/103/1/9

2. Chung RT, Podolsky DK (2005). "Cirrhosis and its complications". In Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Fauci AS, et al.. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (16th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. pp. 1858–69. ISBN 0-071-39140-1.

3. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000302.htm

4. Schuppan D, Afdhal NH. Liver cirrhosis. Lancet. 2008;371:838-851.

5. Munoz SJ. Hepatic encephalopathy. Med Clin North Am. 2008;795-812.

6. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch135/ch135f.html

7.  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/186101-overview

8. http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh27-3/240-246.pdf

9. http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/368/main.html

10. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31599

11. http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/000302.htm

12. http://www.doctorslounge.com/gastroenterology/diseases/hepatic_encephalopathy.htm

13. http://www.liver.ca/Liver_Disease/Adult_Liver_Diseases/Hepatic_Encephalopathy.aspx

14. http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI/Neuro/HptcEncphlpthy.htm

Use this information wisely

Use this page to understand terms and prepare better questions for a doctor, pharmacist, or other qualified health professional. If symptoms are severe, sudden, worsening, or worrying, seek urgent medical care.