Liver cirrhosis often results in a condition known as hepatic encephalopathy (HE). This is a functional disorder of the central nervous system with varying degrees of severity. Experts distinguish ...

Research from the University of Michigan suggests that one day a phone app could be able to detect the development of hepatic encephalopathy in patients just by listening to them speak. The resulting ...

Dr. Derek van Amerongen introduces a panel discussing hepatic encephalopathy (HE), noting that 30-40% of cirrhotic patients develop overt HE. Dr. Arun Jesudian explains that hepatic encephalopathy (HE ...

Hepatic encephalopathy is a neuropsychiatric syndrome for which symptoms, manifested on a continuum, are deterioration in mental status, with psychomotor dysfunction, impaired memory, increased ...

Early hepatic encephalopathy following transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) insertion, especially within the first 30 days, was associated with reduced survival in patients with liver ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Hepatologists and gastroenterologists must be internal medicine physicians, not just specialists, ...

The panel explains that diagnosing hepatic encephalopathy (HE) involves excluding other potential causes of mental status changes, with HE ranging from subtle to severe impairment. Stay ahead of ...

From January 2008 to September 2009, consecutive cirrhotic patients (age 18–70 years) who never had encephalopathy were enrolled. Cirrhosis was diagnosed on a clinical basis involving laboratory tests ...

Research lays the groundwork for an app that may one day be able to listen to the patient read a paragraph and detect hepatic encephalopathy from their speech. Research from the University of Michigan ...