Increased risk of cognitive impairment in cirrhotic patients with bacterial infections

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-250

  Merli, Manuela ^a   Lucidi, Cristina ^a   Pentassuglio, Ilaria ^a   Giannelli, Valerio ^a   Giusto, Michela ^a   Di Gregorio, Vincenza ^a   Pasquale, Chiara ^a   Nardelli, Silvia ^a   Lattanzi, Barbara ^a   Venditti, Mario ^a   Riggio, Oliviero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; Psycometric test; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CRP; DIGIT-SYMBOL TEST; DST; HE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MHE; MINIMAL HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PSYCOMETRIC TEST; SEPSIS; SIRS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME (SIRS); TMT-A; TMT-B; TRAIL-MAKING TEST A; TRAIL-MAKING TEST B;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84880301893     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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