A coma, a state of deep unconsciousness, arises from brain injuries, strokes, or oxygen deprivation, demanding immediate care ...

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WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy, a brain disorder that may happen if you have advanced liver disease.

Another scale that has been introduced is the clinical HE staging scale, which is a linear scale ranging from zero (i.e., normal mental state) to nine (i.e., deep coma) that can potentially help ...

Nearly 100 neurology experts collaborated on the creation of a new method of evaluating patients with traumatic brain injuries.

How liver disease can cause a build-up of toxins that can directly affect the brain, leading to a serious condition called hepatic encephalopathy.

For patients with overt hepatic encephalopathy, rifaximin monotherapy results in significantly fewer OHE episodes than lactulose MT.

“Significantly fewer overt hepatic encephalopathy recurrence episodes were reported with rifaximin monotherapy compared with lactulose monotherapy in patients with a history of overt hepatic ...

Research from the University of Michigan suggests that one day a phone app could be able to detect the development of hepatic encephalopathy in patients just by listening to them speak.

Research lays the groundwork for an app that may one day be able to listen to the patient read a paragraph and detect hepatic encephalopathy from their speech.