F Higuera-de-la-Tijera, J A Velarde-Ruiz Velasco, R H Raña-Garibay, G E Castro-Narro, J M Abdo-Francis, R Moreno-Alcántar, J L Pérez-Hernández, A Torre, R Contreras-Omaña, A Cano-Contreras, M Castillo-Barradas, J Pérez-Escobar, J M Aldana-Ledesma, E Cerda-Reyes, N J Fernández-Pérez, J Meza-Cardona, N C Flores-García, M Reyes-Bastidas, J E Lira-Vera, E S García-Jiménez, D Santana-Vargas, V M Páez-Zayas, N C Chávez-Tapia, E Márquez-Guillén
The first clinical guidelines on hepatic encephalopathy were published in 2009. Almost 14 years since that first publication, numerous advances in the field of diagnosis, treatment, and special condition care have been made. Therefore, as an initiative of the Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología A.C., we present a current view of those aspects. The manuscript described herein was formulated by 24 experts that participated in six working groups, analyzing, discussing, and summarizing the following topics: Definition of hepatic encephalopathy; recommended classifications; epidemiologic panorama, worldwide and in Mexico; diagnostic tools; conditions that merit a differential diagnosis; treatment; and primary and secondary prophylaxis...
2023: Revista de Gastroenterología de México