The social and psychological impact of hepatic encephalopathy
Sørensen M, Lauridsen MM, Montagnese S Metab Brain Dis Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a brain dysfunction caused by liver insufficiency with symptoms ranging from slight cognitive changes detectable only by neuropsychiatric testing to coma. Up to 60% of patients with cirrhosis have mild forms of HE and 35% will at some point experience overt HE. […]
PHES scores have limited impact on the risk of overt HE in patients with minimal HE
Gairing SJ, Mangini C, Zarantonello L, Jonasson E, Danneberg S, Sultanik P, Galle PR, Gioia S, Labenz J, Lok AS, Marquardt JU, Lauridsen MM, Bloom PP, Thabut D, Nardelli S, Montagnese S, Labenz C Hepatol Commun Background: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy, defined by the portosystemic hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES), is associated with a higher risk of subsequent […]
Letter to the Editor: Health warning for humble writers, distracted reviewers and naive readers
Amodio P, Huang CH, Montagnese S Hepatology Full text
No Solid Reasons Not to Measure Ammonia
Amodio P, Montagnese S Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol Full Text
Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy: More Than Meets the Eye
Erminelli D, Mangini C, Zarantonello L, Angeli P, Montagnese S Am J Gastroenterol Introduction: We aimed to assess the reliability of a qualitative approach to overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) diagnosis compared with the semiquantitative, and recommended one. Methods: The above 2 methods were compared in 411 outpatients (71% males, 60 ± 10 years, model for end-stage liver […]