Open AccessProfile of hepatic encephalopathy in children with cirrhosis and response to lactulose
Author(s) -
Praveen Sharma,
Barjesh Chander Sharma
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.77246
Subject(s) - lactulose , medicine , hepatic encephalopathy , cirrhosis , gastroenterology
Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is associated with a poor prognosis. There is paucity of data on the treatment of HE with lactulose in children with cirrhosis.