acute liver cell decompensation - for example, alcoholic binges, hepatoma
medications – narcotics, sedatives, paracetamol
recreational drugs - cocaine, marijuana
transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
high protein diet
metabolic disturbance for example, hypoglycaemia
Reference:
Andy Liu et al. Advances in cirrhosis: Optimizing the management of hepatic encephalopathy. World J Hepatol. 2015; 7(29): 2871–2879
Vilstrup H, Amodio P, Bajaj J, et al. Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: 2014 practice guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Hepatology. 2014 Aug;60(2):715-35.
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