Chronic kidney disease: Late-stage kidney disease prevents these organs from filtering ammonia out of your blood. Hepatic encephalopathy: This condition occurs when a person's liver is too damaged to ...
When these substances enter the brain, they can cause a neurological condition called hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatic encephalopathy typically presents with confusion, lethargy, and sometimes dramatic ...
This study shows that the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy was lower in cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleed treated with lactulose as compared with patients not treated with ...