These could be signs of hepatic encephalopathy, often shortened to HE—a serious but often misunderstood complication of liver ...

Overt hepatic encephalopathy is a brain disorder that happens when your liver is so damaged that it can no longer clean ...

The majority (n=19, 63%) were noted to have symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy, such as confusion, disorientation and agitation. Our sample of 30 had a median of three inpatient admissions (IQR: 2–5) ...

THIS is a book of 268 pages on anatomy and physiology, written by a member of the nursing profession. The author states that the text is compiled from many well-known books, and that nearly all ...

In their article, Piantino et al. (1) report using gadolinium-based contrast-enhanced MRI to demonstrate that contrast-enhanced cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) enters the brain parenchyma through the ...

A 16-year-old boy was brought to the hospital when he complained of chest pain while at a basketball game. In the emergency room, he was noted to have a wide complex tachycardia. The ECG at ...

Knowledge of normal anatomy as well as of its variations is helpful in images interpretation and to address surgical planning on a case-by-case basis. The present essay illustrates several types of ...

In the previous section, we analyzed paradigms that have evolved from experimental models. Clinical observations support the role of such pathophysiological mechanisms. As a consequence of the ...

Muscle uptake of this increased ammonia load results in the formation of glutamine. Whereas release and recirculation of glutamine will result in the regeneration of ammonia, splanchnic generation ...