Impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus on results in the animal naming test in patients with and without liver cirrhosis. by Eva Maria Schleicher, Julia Tuchscher, Matthias Weber, Peter Robert Galle, Marcus-Alexander Wörns, Simon Johannes Gairing, Christian Labenz

“…<h4>Introduction and objectives</h4>Diabetes mellitus is a common comorbidity in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with the development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and cognitive dysfunction. The simplified Animal Naming Test (S-ANT1) has been established for detecting minimal HE (MHE). …”
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Informal gold miners with mercury toxicity: Novel asymmetrical neurological presentations by J George, E Sadiq, I Moola, S Maharaj, A Mochan

“…Patient 1 presented with focal seizures, an asymmetrical cerebellar syndrome and an acute encephalopathy. Patient 2 had unilateral cerebellar ataxia. …”
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Clinical observation of Shenfu injection in treating patients with internal watershed cerebral infarction (参附注射液治疗内分水岭脑梗死临床观察) by YANG Junhang (杨俊行), LI Jie (李杰), HU Zhe (胡哲), FU Jingna (付景娜), FENG Huimin (冯慧敏)

“…Methods Totally 154 patients with AIWCI admitted to the Department of Encephalopathy of Dongzhimen Hospital from October 2018 to October 2020 were divided into the experimental group (n=96)and the control group(n=58). …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine decoction cupping combined with wet compress therapy in the treatment of hemiplegia caused by stroke (中药水罐联合溻渍法治疗中风偏瘫临床疗效观察)... by YANG Juhang (杨俊行), HU Zhe (胡哲), SU Rong (苏容), WANG Xin (王欣), ZHAO Ning (赵宁)

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Nomograms for Predicting High Hospitalization Costs and Prolonged Stay among Hospitalized Patients with pAECOPD by Nafeisa Dilixiati, Mengyu Lian, Ziliang Hou, Jie Song, Jingjing Yang, Ruiyan Lin, Jinxiang Wang

“…Furthermore, decreased total protein, pulmonary encephalopathy, reflux esophagitis, and RICU admissions were risk factors for predicting prolonged stays in pAECOPD patients. …”
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Primary liver lymphoma: review of the literature and clinical case presentation by A. K. Smolyaninova, A. V. Gubkin, Ye. Ye. Zvonkov, Yu. A. Kucheryavy

“…Laboratory tests revealed progressive signs of liver failure at normal level of alpha-fetoprotein and carcino-embryonic antigen; clinical signs included progressive manifestations of liver encephalopathy, skin hemorrhages, severe edema, ascites, pruritis and excoriations. …”
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Efficacy and safety of tenofovir and entecavir in patients with chronic hepatitis B-related cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Lu Cao, Li Li, Lixing Yang, Nan Zhou, Yu Zhang

“…However, both drugs were comparable in terms of hepatitis B virus-deoxyribonucleic acid clearance and hepatic encephalopathy. Tenofovir did not significantly cause renal dysfunction, but instead improved estimated glomerular filtration rate levels compared with entecavir. …”
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Length of hospital stay and its factor associated among neonates with perinatal asphyxia in the Northwest Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia 2023: a multicentre retrospective cross-... by Gezahagn Demsu Gedefaw, Asnake Tadesse Abate, Degalem Tilahun Worku, Mulugeta Endalamaw Ayenew, Dawit Tesfaye Daka

“…Neonatal sepsis, AKI, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, fetal macrosomia and prolonged labour were significantly associated with a longer hospital stay in neonates with perinatal asphyxia.Conclusions The current study indicated that the mean length of hospital stay in newborns with perinatal asphyxia was 13.9 days. …”
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An Unfortunate Cause of Chronic Nausea and Vomiting: Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) by Neethi Dasu, Brian Blair, C. Jonathan Foster, Colin Smith

“…The patient underwent an extensive workup and was diagnosed with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy. Early diagnosis is critical to proper management of this disease process. …”
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Application of problem-based learning combined with responsibility-based teaching model in the clinical teaching of nursing students (PBL教学法结合责任制教学在实习护生带教中的应用研究)... by REN Huijuan (任慧娟), YUAN Xuemei (袁雪梅), QU Yue (曲悦)

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Neuroprotective Effects of Salidroside in the MPTP Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease: Involvement of the PI3K/Akt/GSK3β Pathway by Wei Zhang, Hong He, Hujie Song, Junjie Zhao, Tao Li, Leitao Wu, Xiaojun Zhang, Jianzong Chen

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Patients with Liver Cirrhosis as Frequent Attenders of Emergency Departments by Chen-Ju Chuang, Yi-Fang Wu, Kai-Hsiang Wu, Yi-Chuan Chen

“…Conclusions. Hepatic encephalopathy and ascites account for more ED visits in frequent than in infrequent attenders. …”
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Da-Chuan-Xiong Decoction Ameliorates Sodium Sensitivity and Plasma Norepinephrine via Attenuation of Brain Oxidative Stress in the DOCA-Salt Hypertensive Rats by Qi Zhang, Hao Li, Shan Zhao, Fangfang Li, Yingying Tan

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Peripartum Severe Acute Pancreatitis with Rare Complications: Case Report and Review of Literature by Syed Muhammad Ali, Nissar Ahmed Shaikh, Zia Aftab, Ejaz Latif, Muhammad Sameer, Muhammad Burhan Khan, Mohannad Al-Tarakji

“…We report a case of necrotizing postpartum pancreatitis that developed abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) in early course, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), and splanchnic and extrasplanchnic thrombosis later on. …”
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Etiology and Outcome of Acute Liver Failure: Experience from a Liver Transplantation Centre in Montreal by Geneviève Tessier, Edith Villeneuve, Jean-Pierre Villeneuve

“…BACKGROUND: Acute liver failure is a rare condition in which massive liver injury is associated with the rapid development of hepatic encephalopathy. Although viral hepatitis and drug-induced liver injury are the most common causes, no specific etiology is found in a substantial proportion of cases reported from Europe and the United States.…”
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Poultry Litter Feeding Ban: Implications of the 2nd Interim Rule for Animal Feeding by Matt Hersom, Dale Dubberly, Kelly Friend

“… On January 26, 2004, the FDA issued four interim rules as a result of the first confirmed case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle in the United States. The 2nd interim rule simply stated “will also ban the use of poultry litter as a feed ingredient for ruminant animals.” …”
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Idiopathic Gingival Hyperplasia: A Case Report with a 17-Year Followup by Bien Lai, Joseph Muenzer, Michael W. Roberts

“…This is a case report of a patient with idiopathic gingival hyperplasia and an undiagnosed genetic disorder that demonstrated static encephalopathy, mental retardation, developmental delay, seizures, hypotonia, and severe gingival hypertrophy. …”
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Determinants of outcomes in patients with hepatitis B virus-decompensated cirrhosis by Yi-Jie Huang, Jun-Sing Wang, Cheng-Hsu Chen, Shou-Wu Lee, Chung-Hsin Chang, Szu-Chia Liao, Yen-Chun Peng, Teng-Yu Lee, Tsai-Chung Li

“…Risk factors associated with 3-month all-cause mortality were age, presence of ascites and hepatic encephalopathy, baseline hepatitis flares, pre-treatment HBV DNA levels, and MELD scores. …”
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Isolated Central Nervous System Vasculitis Associated with Antiribonuclear Protein Antibody by Amer M. Awad, Mathew Stevenson

“…We describe the case of a young woman who was referred to a tertiary care center with unexplained subacute progressive encephalopathy preceded by long-standing severe headaches. …”
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Hippocampal Necrosis in a Cat from Australia by Carl Adagra, Susan Amanda Piripi

“…Postmortem examination revealed a subacute degenerative encephalopathy involving the hippocampus.…”
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