FOUR Score, a Reliable Score for Assessing Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhotic Patients

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-257

  Mouri, Sarah ^a,b   Tripon, Simona ^a,b   Rudler, Marika ^a,b   Mallet, Maxime ^a,b   Mayaux, Julien ^b   Thabut, Dominique ^a,b,c   Weiss, Nicolas ^a,d  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Coma; FOUR score; Glasgow coma scale; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FULL OUTLINE UNRESPONSIVENESS SCORE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OVERT HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY; WEST HAVEN SCALE; COMA; COMPLICATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; COMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84925512153     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-0078-5     Document Type: Article

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