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PB can assist in a hepatic coma pt by reducing involuntary tremors.
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How common is hepatic coma?
Hepatic coma is most common in patients with chronic liver disease. It occurs in 50-70% of all those with cirrhosis.
What are the symptoms of hepatic coma?
Symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy range from almost unnoticeable changes in personality, energy levels, and thinking patterns to deep coma.
What is present in hepatic coma?
Elevated arterial ammonia levels are almost always present in hepatic coma, but levels are not necessarily correlated with the severity or extent of the disease.
What is associated with hepatic coma?
The cause of hepatic coma is unknown, but the condition is frequently associated with the following conditions: Acute or chronic liver disease, Gastrointestinal bleeding, Azotemia, the accumulation of nitrogen-containing compounds in the blood.
What is hepatic coma?
coma that occurs with advanced hepatic insufficiency and portal-systemic shunts, caused by elevated blood ammonia levels; characteristic findings include asterixis in the precoma stage and paroxysms of bilaterally synchronous triphasic waves on EEG examination.
What is hepatic encephaopathy?
the liver's conversion of waste products (liver encephalopathy),
What does medical code O7OO mean?
ICD9 CM Code 070.0 - Viral hepatitis A with hepatic coma
What are oil retention enemas?
Oil retention enemas serve to lubricate the rectum and lower bowel, and soften the stool
How do you get into a 2-year coma?
The problem with comas is that, unless medically induced, they are unpredictable in length. Medically-induced comas are caused by careful dosing of barbiturates like phenobarbital. Also, when entering a coma, you risk serious and permanent brain damage, so you must make sure that the benefits of the coma outweigh this risk.
What is the recommended protein intake for patients with hepatic coma?
Only an authorized doctor or dietician can prescribe the right amount of nutrient intake for patients.
How common is hepatitis?
Hepatic coma is most common in patients with chronic liver disease. It occurs in 50-70% of all those with cirrhosis.
What is methyl phenobarbital?
Prodrug for Phenobarbital.
