ACUTE LIVER FAILURE Acute hepatitis with jaundice and coagulopathy without hepatic encephalopathy is referred to as severe acute hepatitis. The prognosis is generally good. The term fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) was originally defi ned as a clinical syndrome developing as a result of massive necrosis of liver cells or any other sudden and severe impairment of hepatic function (Trey and Davids...

Background and AimsHepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a frequent severe complication in patients after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) insertion. Yet, risk factors for post-TIPS HE remain poorly defined. Minimal (mHE) well-known factor overt cirrhotic without TIPS. We aimed to evaluate three tools frequently used diagnosing mHE their dynamic changes predictive value TIPS.Patien...

Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy (MHE), previously referred to as infraclinical or subclinical is a precursor in the development of clinical hepatic encephalopathy (HE). The demonstration of MHE is done through neuropsychological testing in the absence of clinical evidence of HE, patients showing only a mild cognitive impairment. Neuropsychological tests employed consist of Repeatable Battery for...

Portosystemic encephalopathy is one of the most important complications of liver cirrhosis. The restoration of normal hepatic function and the reduction of portosystemic shunts by means of a liver graft are followed by the resolution of hepatic encephalopathy. We report the case of a patient with a normal functioning graft that developed recurrent encephalopathy after transplantation. The patie...

Introduction: Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) is neuropsychiatric deterioration syndrome due to hepatic insufficiency. HE symptoms appear gradually ranging from altered mental status to deep coma and manifest as disorders of orientation, memory, perception, reasoning, focusing, rigor, and generalized convulsions. Four levels of HE exist with different symptoms. Aim of the paper: To observe Specific...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to assess the effects of albumin dialysis on hepatic encephalopathy and circulating levels of amino acids in severe alcoholic hepatitis. METHODS The study was carried out in nine patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis and four with primary biliary cirrhosis treated with the molecular adsorbent recirculating system. Besides standard liver function tests...