The impact of pretransplant hepatic encephalopathy on survival following liver transplantation

Robert J. Wong, Maria Aguilar, Robert G. Gish, Ramsey Cheung, Aijaz Ahmed – 22 April 2015 – Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a surrogate marker of liver disease severity, and more severe HE is associated with higher mortality among patients with chronic liver disease. However, whether severity of HE at the time of liver transplantation (LT) directly impacts post‐LT survival or whether this suspected mortality linkage is due to more severe liver disease and subsequently higher rates of post‐LT infection is not well defined.

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