ACG Clinical Guideline: Hepatic Encephalopathy - PubMed
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- #Cirrhosis
- #Liver Transplant
- #Hepatic Encephalopathy
- Hepatic encephalopathy is a major complication of cirrhosis with significant impacts on patients, families, and healthcare systems.
- Current transplant listing criteria may not adequately prioritize patients with covert to overt hepatic encephalopathy, despite quality of life impairments.
- The American College of Gastroenterology provides 24 recommendations for diagnosis, management, and prevention of hepatic encephalopathy.
- The GRADE process was used to assess the quality of evidence for each recommendation.
- Key concepts are included for statements where the GRADE process was not applied.