Hepatic Encephalopathy

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Hepatic Encephalopathy

Hepatic encephalopathy is neuropsychiatric dysfunction from liver failure — ammonia accumulation. Grades I-IV (covert → coma). Precipitants: GI bleed, infection, constipation, medications, AKI.

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Your brain is the control center of your body. It controls your thoughts, memory, speech, and movement. It regulates the function of many organs. It's part of your nervous system, which also includes your spinal cord and peripheral nerves. The nervous system sends signals between your brain and the rest of the body. Your nerves take in information from your senses and send it to the brain to be processed. Your brain…

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