If unmonitored and untreated, bilirubin neurotoxicity (acute bilirubin encephalopathy and/or kernicterus) may result from progression of severe hyperbilirubinemia. Postnatal hyperbilirubinemia is ...

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 ...

Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) presents as reduced consciousness, often with seizures, abnormal tone, feeding and respiratory difficulties. The most common cause is secondary to a hypoxic-ischaemic ...

Introduction: Wernicke encephalopathy is a metabolic disease mainly associated with vitamin B1 deficiency ... Showcase of timeline with the changes in liver function, coagulation function, renal ...

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 ...

Encephalopathy is a syndrome that involves global brain dysfunction. Encephalopathies have varying aetiologies: causes include for example ischaemic or traumatic brain injury, infectious agents ...