Hepatic encephalopathy in clinical practice: diagnosis and treatment

Abstract

Hepatic encephalopathy (PE) requires from physician to know all the aspects of its clinical manifestations and special psychometric methods for its diagnosis. Hepatic encephalopathy significantly reduces the quality of life in patients with chronic diffuse liver diseases. The article tells about early prescription of pathogenetic therapy to eliminate minor PE which is most common in patients with liver cirrhosis in order to prevent marked PE and improve the quality of life of patients and their survival.

Keywords

• печеночная энцефалопатия
• диагностика
• лечение
• лактулоза
• рифаксимин
• hepatic encephalopathy
• diagnosis
• treatment
• lactulose
• rifaximin