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*Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4]. | *Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4]. | ||
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*Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include: | *Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include: | ||
** | **[null Cirrhosis] | ||
** | **[null Acute hepatic failure] | ||
** | **[null GI bleeding] | ||
**[null Portacaval shunt] | |||
===Less Common Risk Factors=== | ===Less Common Risk Factors=== | ||
*Less common risk factors in the development of | *Less common risk factors in the development of hepatic encephalopathy include:<ref name="pmid27457247">{{cite journal| author=Jepsen P, Christensen J, Weissenborn K, Watson H, Vilstrup H| title=Epilepsy as a risk factor for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis: a cohort study. | journal=BMC Gastroenterol | year= 2016 | volume= 16 | issue= 1 | pages= 77 | pmid=27457247 | doi=10.1186/s12876-016-0487-3 | pmc=4960784 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27457247 }} </ref><ref name="pmid20602681">{{cite journal| author=Guevara M, Baccaro ME, Ríos J, Martín-Llahí M, Uriz J, Ruiz del Arbol L et al.| title=Risk factors for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites: relevance of serum sodium concentration. | journal=Liver Int | year= 2010 | volume= 30 | issue= 8 | pages= 1137-42 | pmid=20602681 | doi=10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02293.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20602681 }} </ref><ref name="pmid26206073">{{cite journal| author=Jepsen P, Watson H, Andersen PK, Vilstrup H| title=Diabetes as a risk factor for hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis patients. | journal=J Hepatol | year= 2015 | volume= 63 | issue= 5 | pages= 1133-8 | pmid=26206073 | doi=10.1016/j.jhep.2015.07.007 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26206073 }} </ref> | ||
**Epilepsy | **[[Epilepsy]] | ||
**Diabetes mellitus | **[[Diabetes mellitus]] | ||
**[ | **[[Hyponatremia|Hyponatraemia]] | ||
**[[Renal failure]] | |||
**[[Bilirubinemia|Hyperblilirubinemia]] | |||
**[null Hypokalemia] | |||
**[null Metabolic alkalosis] | |||
**[null Sepsis] | |||
**[null Hypovolemia] | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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Overview
There are no established risk factors for [disease name].
OR
The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
OR
Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
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Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] may be occupational, environmental, genetic, and viral.
Risk Factors
- There are no established risk factors for [disease name].
OR
- The most potent risk factor in the development of [disease name] is [risk factor 1]. Other risk factors include [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
- Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include [risk factor 1], [risk factor 2], [risk factor 3], and [risk factor 4].
Common Risk Factors
- Common risk factors in the development of [disease name] include:
- [null Cirrhosis]
- [null Acute hepatic failure]
- [null GI bleeding]
- [null Portacaval shunt]
Less Common Risk Factors
- Less common risk factors in the development of hepatic encephalopathy include:[1][2][3]
- Epilepsy
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hyponatraemia
- Renal failure
- Hyperblilirubinemia
- [null Hypokalemia]
- [null Metabolic alkalosis]
- [null Sepsis]
- [null Hypovolemia]
Overview
Risk Factors
Virtually any metabolic disturbance may precipitate hepatic encephalopathy. Common culprits are:
- Hyponatremia (often arising as a result of diuretic treatment or simply as a complication of the edema typically found in advanced cirrhosis)
- Hypokalemia (again, often as a result of diuretic use)
- Alkalosis
- Dehydration
- Hypoglycemia (a condition to which people with cirrhosis are susceptible)
- Renal failure of even mild degree.
Likewise, there are a number of medications the use of which may bring on hepatic encephalopathy. These include:
- Benzodiazepines, (e.g. diazepam, lorazepam) narcotics
- Diuretics
Alcohol ingestion, whether or not it is the cause of the patient's liver disease, may also precipitate hepatic encephalopathy.
Infection is an important precipitant of hepatic encephalopathy. In some cases, the only clinical manifestation of the infection is the development of the encephalopathy. In fact, this is a frequent phenomenon in patients in whom ascites becomes infected (i.e. spontaneous bacterial peritonitis).
Sometimes, hepatic encephalopathy arises as a result of patient non compliance with dietary protein restriction. Indeed, given the general lack of palatability of low protein diets, non-compliance is common and, hence, so is its effect to precipitate encephalopathy.
Bleeding into the stomach or small intestine (both of which occur with increased frequency in people with liver disease and/or portal hypertension) may also lead to hepatic encephalopathy. Blood contains large quantities of protein in the form of plasma proteins and hemoglobin. Hence, the presence of blood in the stomach or small intestine represents a protein load which, as a result of bacterial metabolism in the lumen of the gut, is converted to potentially toxic products such as ammonia.
Certain surgical procedures employed to treat portal hypertension commonly lead to the development of hepatic encephalopathy. For example, operations to relieve pressure in the portal vein by connecting it to the splenic vein or other systemic venous vessels, have the effect of diverting incoming intestinal venous blood away from the liver. This means that such ammonia-carrying blood will not be able to be "purified" by the liver. Encephalopathy can result. Similarly, the more recently developed TIPS procedure (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) often precipitates hepatic encephalopathy (~30 percent of patients undergoing it).
References
- ↑ Jepsen P, Christensen J, Weissenborn K, Watson H, Vilstrup H (2016). "Epilepsy as a risk factor for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis: a cohort study". BMC Gastroenterol. 16 (1): 77. doi:10.1186/s12876-016-0487-3. PMC 4960784. PMID 27457247.
- ↑ Guevara M, Baccaro ME, Ríos J, Martín-Llahí M, Uriz J, Ruiz del Arbol L; et al. (2010). "Risk factors for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites: relevance of serum sodium concentration". Liver Int. 30 (8): 1137–42. doi:10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02293.x. PMID 20602681.
- ↑ Jepsen P, Watson H, Andersen PK, Vilstrup H (2015). "Diabetes as a risk factor for hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis patients". J Hepatol. 63 (5): 1133–8. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2015.07.007. PMID 26206073.