How to diagnose hepatic encephalopathy in the emergency department

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-114

  Gundling, Felix ^a   Zelihic, Edin ^a   Seidl, Holger ^a   Haller, Bernhard ^a   Umgelter, Andreas ^a   Schepp, Wolfgang ^a   Dodt, Christoph ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Critical flicker frequency; Hepatic encephalopathy; Liver cirrhosis; West Haven criteria

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEST HAVEN CRITERIA; AGED; BLOOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS;

AGED; AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878753328     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31392-4     Document Type: Article

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