News tagged with hepatic encephalopathy
Doctors should evaluate liver disease patients for cognitive impairment, address driving safety
There are potential legal ramifications for physicians of patients who drive with cognitive impairment, according to a study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Associ ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Patients with cirrhosis and impaired cognitive abilities have more motor vehicle accidents
A recent study by Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., and colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center found that patients with cirrhosis of the liver who developed minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) ...
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Sep 09, 2009 |
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Inflammation may be common thread behind nervous and heart rhythm problems in cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, taking 25,000 lives per year. It is often the result of alcohol over-consumption or exposure to hepatitis C, either of which can damage the liver ...
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Feb 10, 2009 |
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