Hepatic Encephalopathy in the Hepato-Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine Department of General Idrissa Pouye Hospital: A Retrospective Prognostic Study of 69 Cases
HE most commonly occurs on a background of severe cirrhosis. Most often precipitated by herbal medicine use, SBP, or gastrointestinal bleeding, the prognosis remains poor, influenced in our study by jaundice and a Child-Pugh C score. Death typically occurs within the first week after symptom onset.
Authors
- B Touré
- Alioune Fall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7933-6188)
- G. Diouf
- Mouhamadou Mbengue
- Mamadou Lamine Diouf
- D. Dia
- Mamadou Ngoné Guèye
- Nogoye Niang
Institutions
- Hôpital Principal de Dakar (SN)
- Cheikh Anta Diop University (SN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-09-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.92774
- Primary Topic
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00