hepatic coma

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Noun1.hepatic coma - coma that can occur in severe cases of liver disease
coma, comatoseness - a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury
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In China, Polyene Phosphatidylcholine is used to treat liver diseases such as hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, hepatonecrosis, cirrhosis, hepatic coma (including prodromal hepatic coma) and fatty liver (also seen in diabetics).
A total of nine patients showed atypical manifestations, in which two patients were having hepatic coma, one was having acute respiratory distress, two were having seizure, and four were having chest pain (myocarditis) [Table 3].
The third group comprises patients with cirrhosis liver at a late stage and usually they are not allowed to fast, since they need therapy at certain times, he said, adding that patients with ascites, hepatic coma, blood vomiting and other complications of late fibrosis are not allowed to fast at all.
She arrived suffering from pneumonia, renal failure and hepatic coma Grade IV, the statement added.
It was stated that the patient may go into PPH or Hepatic coma. These patients need support of gastroenterologists.
Butt, "Hepatic Coma: The Electroencephalographic Pattern," Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol.
Precipitating factors in the genesis of hepatic coma. NY State J Med 1970; 70(23): 2891-6.
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