Low yield of head CT in cirrhotic patients presenting with hepatic encephalopathy

Goals and background The utility of routine head CT (HCT) in hepatic encephalopathy (HE) evaluation is unclear. We investigated HCT yield in detecting acute intracranial abnormalities in cirrhotic patients presenting with HE.Study Retrospective review of cirrhotic patient encounters with HE between...

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Main Authors: Laith H Jamil, Angy Hanna, Zaid Imam, Inayat Gill, Alexandra Halalau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:BMJ Open Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000609.full