Category Archives: Liver-brain Axis

Garrido M, Turco M, Formentin C, Corrias M, De Rui M, Montagnese S, Amodio P. BMJ Open Gastroenterology  2017 BACKGROUND: Providing structured information for the understanding of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) might be relevant to the prevention and management of the syndrome. The aim of our study was to design a brief, structured educational intervention and […]

Schiff S, Casa M, Di Caro V, Aprile D, Spinelli G, De Rui M, Angeli P, Amodio P, Montagnese S. Hepatology. 2016 Electroencephalography (EEG) is useful to objectively diagnose/grade hepatic encephalopathy (HE) across its spectrum of severity. However, it requires expensive equipment, and hepatogastroenterologists are generally unfamiliar with its acquisition/interpretation. Recent technological advances have led to the development […]