Objectives:To analysis various factors possibly affecting the progress of Hepatic Encephalopathy(HE),evaluate their prognostic values for HE episode.Methods:Retrospective analysis of 149 clinical cases with the diagnosis of HE admitted in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University between February, 2001 and November,2008.The data analysis of sex、age、etiology、precipitating factors、Grades of Child-pugh classification、Stages of HE、the values of PT、Bun、ChE、Ammonia、Na~+,and comparison [...]

Objectives:Hepatic encephalopathy, resulted from a complication of acute and chronic liver failure, is a disturbance in central nervous system function. According to the degree of conscious impairment, nervous system manifestation and electroencephalogram (EEG) changes, HE can be divided into four parts from the slight mental changes to deep coma. There is no definitely boundary between [...]