[Update treatment of hepatic encephalopathy].
According to morbidity data in Hungary, the number of death caused by liver diseases is still high. Liver diseases come 6th on the morbidity statistics. Nowadays, the living standards of patients appropriately treated are higher, these patients have longer living perspectives. Author aims at summarizing the treatment options of hepatic encephalopathy in cases of subclinical, acute and chronic forms of chronic liver diseases as well as in case of fulminant form of acute liver disorder.
Szalay
László
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Fovárosi Onkormányzat Uzsoki utcai Kórhóza, III. Belgyógyászati Osztály, Budapest.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans