THE term "hepatic ... and ammonia metabolism will help to clarify some of the existing confusion. Two facts seem apparent: ammonia intoxication is a specific entity in "exogenous" encephalopathy ...

plasma cytokine profile and ammonia, in order to assess neutrophil function as a biomarker of susceptibility to infection and contributor to the development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in cirrhosis ...

This can cause dangerous levels of ammonia to travel to the brain and cause hepatic encephalopathy, which impairs cognitive function, causes confusion and delirium and can sometimes lead to a coma ...

Hepatic encephalopathy is caused by the accumulation of gut-derived toxic substances, such as ammonia, in the bloodstream that are normally removed by the liver. Treatment usually consists of ...

THE term "hepatic coma" is used in this report to A refer to patients with diseases of the liver or portal circulation who manifest varying degrees of encephalopathy.