Updated key points of Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis (2018)
10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2019.07.012
- VernacularTitle:2018年《肝硬化肝性脑病诊疗指南》更新要点解读
- Author:
Xiaoke LI
1
;
Shan WANG
;
Zhiguo LI
Author Information
1. Department of Gastroenterology, Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine & Institute of Liver Diseases, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China
- Publication Type:Research Article
- Keywords:
hepatic encephalopathy;
diagnosis;
therapeutics;
practice guidelines as topic
- From:
Journal of Clinical Hepatology
2019;35(7):1485-1488
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
In 2018, Chinese Society of Hepatology, Chinese Medical Association, issued Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis, which gives recommendations for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy including minimal hepatic encephalopathy and has important guiding significance. Compared with Consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy in China (Chongqing, 2013) and Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: 2014 Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the European Association for the Study of the Liver, the updated guidelines have several new points in the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy. This article summarizes the updated key points in the guidelines, so as to understand the effect of the guidelines in guiding clinical treatment and improve diagnosis and treatment.
