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Encefalopatia hepática é uma complicação da cirrose hepática e uma marca da falência hepática aguda, sendo também observada em pacientes com shunts portossistêmicos sem cirrose. A encefalopatia hepática é caracterizada por mudanças de personalidade, incapacidade intelectual, asterixe e uma diminuição do nível de consciência. Em estágios avançados é chamada de coma hepático, o qual pode levar a morte. O diagnóstico da encefalopatia hepática é feito primariamente pelo reconhecimento das mudanças neuropsiquiátricas que ocorrem em um paciente com doença hepática, após a exclusão de doenças cerebrais. | |||
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Hepatic encephalopathy is a complication of liver cirrhosis and a hallmark of acute liver failure, and is also observed in patients with portosystemic shunts without cirrhosis. Hepatic encephalopathy is characterised by personality changes, intellectual impairment, flapping tremor and a decreased consciousness level. In the advanced stages it is called hepatic coma, which may lead to death. The diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is made primarily by recognition of neuropsychiatric changes occurring in a patient with liver disease, after exclusion of brain diseases. | |||
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Hepatic encephalopathy is a complication of liver cirrhosis and a hallmark of acute liver failure, and is also observed in patients with portosystemic shunts without cirrhosis. Hepatic encephalopathy is characterised by personality changes, intellectual impairment, flapping tremor and a decreased consciousness level. In the advanced stages it is called hepatic coma, which may lead to death. The diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is made primarily by recognition of neuropsychiatric changes occurring in a patient with liver disease, after exclusion of brain diseases.
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Hepatic encephalopathy is a complication of liver cirrhosis and a hallmark of acute liver failure, and is also observed in patients with portosystemic shunts without cirrhosis. Hepatic encephalopathy is characterised by personality changes, intellectual impairment, flapping tremor and a decreased consciousness level. In the advanced stages it is called hepatic coma, which may lead to death. The diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is made primarily by recognition of neuropsychiatric changes occurring in a patient with liver disease, after exclusion of brain diseases. |
