Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2017

A STUDY OF CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF PRECIPITATING FACTORS OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER

Dr. Shaik Syfulla Shariff, Dr. K. Narasimhulu

Abstract :

 Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) is a complex, potentially reversible neuropsychiatric condition that occurs as a consequence of acute or chronic liver disease.1 It is a well recognized clinical complication of cirrhosis of liver and the presence and prompt identification of well defined precipitating factors is extremely important in diagnosis and treatment of this fatal condition. In the management of patients with HE in cirrhosis of liver it is important to stage the encephalopathy into four clinical stages and then try to identify and treat the precipitating factors. In the presence of the precipitating factors the neurological deficits are usually completely reversible upon their correction and the prognosis is better if the precipitant can be treated.2

 

Aims of the study:

     

           This study aims at studying the clinical profile and the spectrum of precipitating factors of HE in cirrhosis of liver, hence identifying them and initiating the appropriate treatment can ing down the morbidity and mortality.

 

Objectives of the study

 

  • To study the clinical profile of hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease.
  • To study the clinical spectrum of precipitating factors of hepatic encephalopathy in   patients with cirrhosis of liver. 

PATIENTS AND METHODS

Source of data:

     The study was conducted in patients admitted to government general hospital, Kurnool, attached to Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool from January 2015 to September 2016. A total of 100 patients were taken up for this study.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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Dr.Shaik Syfulla Shariff, Dr.K.Narasimhulu, A STUDY OF CLINICAL SPECTRUM OF PRECIPITATING FACTORS OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN CIRRHOSIS OF LIVER, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-12 | December-2017


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