Sahney Amrish, Wadhawan Manav
Institute of Digestive & Liver Diseases, BLK Superspeciality Hospital, Delhi, India.
J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2022 May-Jun;12(3):927-936. doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2021.12.007. Epub 2021 Dec 22.
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a major neuropsychiatric complication of cirrhosis. The clinical manifestations of HE ranges from mild confusion, disorientation to altered behaviour and coma in advanced stages. HE is an important cause of recurrent admissions in liver cirrhosis patients. HE is the most common cause of altered mentation in a patient of liver cirrhosis. Lactulose and rifaximin are approved treatment options for the treatment of HE. In patients who have localised neurological signs or are not improving with lactulose and rifaximin should be investigated for other causes of altered sensorium.
肝性脑病(HE)是肝硬化的一种主要神经精神并发症。HE的临床表现从轻度意识模糊、定向障碍到晚期行为改变和昏迷不等。HE是肝硬化患者反复住院的重要原因。HE是肝硬化患者意识改变最常见的原因。乳果糖和利福昔明是已获批用于治疗HE的药物。对于有局部神经体征或使用乳果糖和利福昔明治疗效果不佳的患者,应排查导致感觉改变的其他原因。