Hepatic Encephalopathy

Canadian Liver Foundation: Hepatic Encephalopathy - Overview of this complication of liver disease includes types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
www.liver.ca/Liver_Disease/Adult_Liver_Diseases/Hepatic_Encephalopathy.aspx

Do Ammonia Levels Correlate with Hepatic Encephalopathy? - Explores the connection between ammonia levels and encephalopathy in patients with advanced liver disease.
www.aafp.org/afp/20031001/tips/8.html

Hepatic Encephalopathy - Wikipedia article explains what this condition is, how it occurs, different grades, and treatment.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatic_encephalopathy

Hepatic Encephalopathy - Section of GI textbook, provides definition, causes, and treatments. Tables include grading scale and common causes by type.
gastroresource.com/GITextbook/En/Chapter14/14-13.htm

Liver Encephalopathy - Provides definition, description, causes and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment of this complication of advanced liver disease.
www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/liver_encephalopathy.jsp

MedlinePlus: Hepatic Encephalopathy - Illustrated article that discusses the causes, signs and symptoms, treatment, and complications.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000302.htm

Merck Manual: Liver Encephalopathy - Describes how this condition occurs, common symptoms, methods of diagnosis, and treatments.
www.merck.com/mmhe/sec10/ch135/ch135g.html

Understanding the Evaluation & Treatment for Encephalopathy - Explains what it is; evaluation; treatments, including medications and diet changes; and links to additional information. [PDF]
www.cpmc.org/learning/documents/encephalopathy-ws.pdf