hepatic and biliary disorders
Portosystemic Encephalopathy
Prognosis for Portosystemic Encephalopathy
In chronic liver disease, correction of the precipitating cause usually causes encephalopathy to regress without permanent neurologic sequelae. Some patients, especially those with portacaval shunts or Treatment , require continuous therapy, and irreversible extrapyramidal signs or spastic paraparesis rarely develops. Coma (stage 4 encephalopathy) associated with 