CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Hepatic encephalopathy, Cirrhosis of liver, GI bleed.Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Hepatic encephalopathy is a complex, potentially reversible neuropsychiatric condition that occurs as a consequence of acute or chronic liver disease. Hepatic encephalopathy may arise spontaneously but more commonly will develop as a result of some precipitating factor in the course of acute or chronic liver disease. Hepatic encephalopathy is a major clinical complication
of Cirrhosis of liver. In our sub-continent due to the high prevalence of Hepatitis B and C, Cirrhosis of liver is becoming more common in our day-to-day clinical practice. Early identification of precipitating factors is extremely important in diagnosis and treatment of this
fatal condition. The clinical course of hepatic encephalopathy can be interrupted in majority of patients by controlling these precipitating factors.
