Cirrhosis
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Just a Nick?: Mitigating and Identifying Paracentesis Complications
Image Credit: Wikimedia This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Mitchell Zekhtser, MS III Western University of Health SciencesAAEM/RSA Vice-Chair of Education Committee Case A 60-year-old female with a past medical history of alcoholic cirrhosis presented to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain and distension seven hours after undergoing a paracentesis. The […] -
Hepatic Encephalopathy Meets the ED
Image credit: Tareq Salahuddin This post was peer reviewed.Click to learn more. Author: Alfred Morrobel, MS3Medical StudentUniversidad Iberoamericana Introduction & Pathophysiology Hepatic encephalopathy (HE), also known as portosystemic encephalopathy, is a potentially deadly complication of chronic liver failure. HE is commonly caused by liver failure due to cirrhosis, but there are non-cirrhotic causes as well. Cirrhosis […]
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