| hepatic encephalopathy |
a condition usually occurring secondarily to advanced disease of the liver but also seen in the course of any severe disease or in patients with portacaval shunts. It is marked by disturbances of consciousness which may progress to deep coma (hepatic coma), psychiatric changes of varying degree, flapping tremor, and fetor hepaticus. Called also portal-systemic e.
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| hepatologist |
is a physican who specializes in the liver and its diseases.
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| hepatorenal syndrome |
a combined liver and kidney failure.
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| hepatotoxic |
a compound that is toxic to liver cells.
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| hepatic encephalopathy |
is a serious complication of advanced liver disease caused by toxins, that the liver is no more able to remove from the bloodstream. It is clinically manifested by personality changes and impaired intellectual ability, awareness, and neuromuscular functioning.
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