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In search of the best test for hepatic encephalopathy

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 ...
Medical Xpress

Could your phone detect hepatic encephalopathy by listening to you read?

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 ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Rifaximin Treatment in Hepatic Encephalopathy

Methods In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we randomly assigned 299 patients who were in remission from recurrent hepatic encephalopathy resulting from chronic liver disease ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

AJMC Stakeholder Summit: Advancing Hepatic Encephalopathy Management

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 ...
University of Geneva

Western Swiss project on hepatic encephalopathy in children

Chronic hepatic encephalopathy (CHE) is a serious neurological complication linked to chronic liver diseases. Particularly ...
Investing.com South Africa

Bausch Health stock plunges after hepatic encephalopathy trials fail

Investing.com -- Bausch Health (NYSE:BHC) stock plunged 8% Friday morning after the company announced disappointing results ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Epidemiology and Trends in Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) in the United States

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Medscape

Primary Prophylaxis of Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients With Cirrhosis

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 ...
Healio

Rifaximin reduces risk for overt hepatic encephalopathy recurrence by 60% vs. lactulose

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Fewer patients treated with rifaximin had an overt ...

Bausch Health's brain dysfunction treatment fails late-stage trials

(This Jan 23 story has been repeated with no changes to the text) Jan 23 (Reuters) - Bausch Health said on Friday its ...
Seeking Alpha

Xifaxan(R) (rifaximin) Treatment Following Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy (OHE) Hospitalization Associated with Reduced Risk of 30-Day OHE Rehospitalization

LAVAL, QC / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2025 / Bausch Health Companies Inc. (BHC), a global, diversified pharmaceutical company, and its gastroenterology (GI) business, Salix Pharmaceuticals ("Salix"), ...
Science Daily

Could your phone detect hepatic encephalopathy by listening to you read?

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 ...