Decreased heart rate variability in patients with cirrhosis relates to the presence and degree of hepatic encephalopathy

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Mani, Ali R ^a   Montagnese, Sara ^a   Jackson, Clive D ^b   Jenkins, Christopher W ^a   Head, Ian M ^a   Stephens, Robert C ^a   Moore, Kevin P ^a   Morgan, Marsha Y ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Inflammatory cytokines; Linear nonlinear dynamics; Psychometric tests; Systemic inflammatory responses

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RR INTERVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 59449106703     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.90488.2008     Document Type: Article

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