Chapter-52 Hepatic Encephalopathy
BOOK TITLE: Textbook of Emergency and Trauma Care
Author
1. Rai Rahul
2. Saigal Sanjiv
ISBN
9789352701919
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18493_53
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
5
Author Affiliations
1.
Medanta Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences and Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta—The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
2.
Medanta Institute of Digestive and Hepatobiliary Sciences and Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta—The Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Chapter keywords
Hepatic encephalopathy,
HE,
overt HE,
portosystemic shunt,
PSS,
gamma-aminobutyric acid,
GABA,
blood ammonia testing