Hepatic encephalopathy - A physostigmine-reactive central anticholinergic syndrome?

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-142

  Kabatnik, M ^a   Heist, M ^a   Beiderlinden, K ^a   Peters, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central anticholinergic syndrome; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver cirrhosis; Physostigmine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FIBRIN; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANALGESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ANEMIA; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; BLOOD SUBSTITUTION; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM HEMORRHAGE; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DUODENOSCOPY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEUROLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; ULCER;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032973366     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2346.1999.00456.x     Document Type: Review

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