Hepatic nursing. Pathophysiology and management of hepatic encephalopathy.
Hepatic encephalopathy is a common complication of liver cirrhosis occurring in up to 80% of patients and is characterized by neuropsychiatric complications ranging from slight altered mental status to coma. While the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood with several proposed hypothesized...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Nursing Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 335 - 340 |
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| Formato: | pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Mark Allen Holdings Limited
3/22/2007
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |