Hepatic encephalopathy due to extrahepatic portosystemic shunt.

Yosuke SazumiYoshito NishimuraYuki OtsukaYuki MizutaYasuhiro NakanoHiroyuki SakaeFumio Otuska

Published in: Clinical case reports (2020)

Clinicians should recognize extrahepatic portosystemic shunt as a cause of refractory or intermittent hepatic encephalopathy. Treatment strategies should be individualized according to patients' anatomic and hemodynamic status.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
early onset
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
pulmonary artery
prognostic factors
palliative care
high intensity
patient reported outcomes
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension
patient reported