Primary Prophylaxis to Prevent the Development of Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhotic Patients with Acute Variceal Bleeding by Fátima Higuera-de-la-Tijera, Alfredo I. Servín-Caamaño, Francisco Salas-Gordillo, José L. Pérez-Hernández, Juan M. Abdo-Francis, Jaime Camacho-Aguilera, Sai N. Alla, Fiacro Jiménez-Ponce

“…Variceal bleeding is the second most important precipitating factor related to the development of episodic hepatic encephalopathy; but to date there are no recommendations to prevent this complication. …”
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Addressing the deficit in chronic traumatic encephalopathy research in Africa: a call for urgent attention by Abdulbasit Opeyemi Muili, Kehinde Alare, Oluwapelumi Samuel Solagbade, Piel Panther Kuol

“…Abstract Chronic traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) has been linked to an increase in the mortality of contact sport athletes in the USA, most especially in the early 2000s due to limited information on its existence. …”
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Salivary Lactate Dehydrogenase in Relationship to the Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy among Newborn Infants by Hend Elmoursi, Mohamed Abdalla, Bader Eldin Mesbah, Abdelmoneim Khashana

“…Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is defined as a neurological complication that results from perinatal asphyxia. …”
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Prevalence of Hepatic Encephalopathy from a Commercial Medical Claims Database in the United States by Aniruddha Potnis, Susan VanMeter, Jan Stange

“…Introduction. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE), a complication of cirrhosis, is associated with increased healthcare resource utilization and mortality, and impaired quality of life. …”
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Pulmonary vascular malformations in genetic epileptic encephalopathy: A rare, fatal case report by N. Garancini, M. Ghezzi, A. Farolfi, V. Guaia, G. Canali, V. Fabiano, G.V. Zuccotti, E. D'Auria

“…., affected by a KCNT1-related drug-resistant epileptic encephalopathy, who presented fatal complications with massive hemoptysis due to SPCAs. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Subhypothermia in the Treatment of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Combined with Myocardial Damage by XiaoPing Dang, XiaoJian Hu, Xun Jiang, WeiGuo Chen, YuanCui Meng, Qi Pan, Fen Yang

“…To investigate the efficacy of subhypothermia in the treatment of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) combined with myocardial damage. …”
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Noncirrhotic Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Causing Adult-Onset Encephalopathy Treated with Endovascular Closure by Eldad Elnekave, Eugenia Belenky, Lindsley Van der Veer

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Nonfatal Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy as a Late Complication of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass by Juan D. Salcedo, Jordan S. Goldstein, Jose M. Quinonez, Maria Antonietta Mosetti

“…Twenty-five cases of hyperammonemic encephalopathy after bariatric surgery have been previously reported in the literature. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome due to Hypomagnesemia: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mohamad Almoussa, Angelika Goertzen, Stephan Brauckmann, Barbara Fauser, Christoph W. Zimmermann

“…One of these complications is the posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), which is extremely uncommon and has been reported only twice in the English-language literature. …”
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Hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis are associated with increased liver-related readmissions in cirrhosis by Shan Wang, Shan Wang, Lin Zhang, Jin Li, Jiajun Feng, Jie Gao, Rui Huang

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Wernicke encephalopathy in a patient with drug-induced liver failure: a case report by Jiao-Jiao Cao, Jing Li, Yan Cheng, Li-Min Luo, Yang Chen, Chang-Xing Huang, Ye Zhang

Subjects: “…Wernicke encephalopathy…”
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Identification of Protein Kinase C Isoforms Involved in Type 1 Diabetic Encephalopathy in Mice by Jiayin Zheng, Yue Wang, Song Han, Yanlin Luo, Xiuli Sun, Ning Zhu, Li Zhao, Junfa Li

“…Diabetic encephalopathy is a complication of diabetes mellitus characterized by impaired cognitive functions. …”
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Clinical characteristics and associated factors of pediatric acute necrotizing encephalopathy: a retrospective study by Huiling Zhang, Yilong Wang, Qianyun Ding, Xuekun Li, Sheng Ye

Subjects: “…acute necrotizing encephalopathy…”
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Melphalan Culprit or Confounder in Acute Encephalopathy during Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation? by Diógenes Alayón-Laguer, Melissa Alsina, Jose L. Ochoa-Bayona, Ernesto Ayala

“…The possibilities of melphalan-induced encephalopathy versus critical-state delirium versus hypercytokinemia induce encephalopathy were contemplated.…”
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Hepatic Encephalopathy after Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Patients with Recurrent Variceal Hemorrhage by Popovič Peter, Zore Andrej, Šurlan Popovič Katarina, Garbajs Manca, Skok Pavel

“…The incidence of new or worsening portosystemic encephalopathy was 24.3% in TIPS group and 10.7% in ET group. …”
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“Encephalopathy Only Stroke Codes” (EoSC) Rarely Result in Stroke as Final Diagnosis by Patrick M. Chen, Dawn M. Meyer, Robert Claycomb, Kunal Agrawal, Brett C. Meyer

“…Stroke codes prompted by isolated encephalopathy often result in nonstroke final diagnoses but require intensive stroke center resources. …”
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Drug resistant epilepsy as the consequence of inadequate control of type 1 diabetes by Ewa M. Sokolewicz, Kamil Dzwilewski, Natalia Omieczyńska, Marta Zawadzka, Maria Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska

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Unveiling neurogenic biomarkers for the differentiation between sepsis patients with or without encephalopathy: an updated meta-analysis by Jiyun Hu, Wenchao Li, Shucai Xie, Ya Liao, Tao Chen, Xinrun Wang, Weiping Xia, Fang Huang, Zhaoxin Qian, Lina Zhang

Subjects: “…Sepsis-associated encephalopathy…”
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Late Postpartum Eclampsia with Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Case Study by Mohamed Elshafei, Hala Ashraf Oweis, Yosra Abdul Hafez, Thuraya Alom, Zahraa Mohamed Hayani, Eslam ElNebrisi

Subjects: “…posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome…”
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Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: An Unusual Consequence of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—Case Report and Literature Review by Timothy R. Larsen, Dritan Dragu, Michael Williams

“…Wernicke’s encephalopathy results from thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. …”
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