A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

Key opinion leaders explore strategies for identifying precipitating factors of HE, underscoring the importance of patient and caregiver education to mitigate treatment-related side effects and reduce ...

Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) may also be used as part of treatment, but they work in a different way. People with cirrhosis often have low levels of BCAAs. Taking BCAA supplements can help ...

From January 2008 to September 2009, consecutive cirrhotic patients (age 18–70 years) who never had encephalopathy were enrolled. Cirrhosis was diagnosed on a clinical basis involving laboratory tests ...

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This study shows that the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy was lower in cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleed treated with lactulose as compared with patients not treated with ...

Lactulose and tai chi can prevent falls in patients with cirrhosis, according to results from the LiveSMART Trial. Michigan Medicine hepatologists reported the findings as a late breaking abstract at ...

Abstract Background Hepatic encephalopathy is a chronically debilitating complication of hepatic cirrhosis. The efficacy of rifaximin, a minimally absorbed antibiotic, is well documented in the ...

Lactulose and tai chi can prevent falls in patients with cirrhosis, according to results from the LiveSMART Trial. Michigan Medicine hepatologists reported the findings as a late breaking abstract at ...

Research lays the groundwork for an app that may one day be able to listen to the patient read a paragraph and detect hepatic encephalopathy from their speech. Research from the University of Michigan ...