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Pharmacology Matters: IMPROVING TREATMENTS FOR HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

...imaging, and/or biopsy, can identify a particular cause as hepatic encephalopathy.Once the...
8/9/2012 | Gastroenterology Nursing


3.  
Drug News: A new use for Xifaxan

...Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is responsible for an average of 50,000 hospitalizations...
7/26/2011 | The Nurse Practitioner: The American Journal of Primary Health Care

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Drug Watch: Rifaximin Receives New Indication

...s diarrhea, has been approved for the prevention of recurrent hepatic encephalopathy in patients with chronic liver disease....
6/28/2010 | AJN, American Journal of Nursing

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MEDICATION ERRORS: Not that type of infection

...old man with a history of chronic liver disease and hepatic encephalopathy was hospitalized for lethargy, a gastroenterologist ordered “rifaximin 400...
11/10/2005 | Nursing2013

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Alcoholism & Depression

...long-term effects of alcohol abuse, including alcoholic cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy. The diagnostic criteria for substance dependence and ideas for nonthreatening...
10/3/2012 | Home Healthcare Nurse

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Caring for patients with end-stage liver disease

...through the liver. This can lead to the development of hepatic encephalopathy and an increased risk of infection....
4/14/2008 | Nursing2013 Critical Care

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Pharmacology Matters: RIFAXIMIN: A NONSYSTEMIC ANTIBIOTIC FOR HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

...excretion (ADME) review of this drug highlights its usefulness for hepatic encephalopathy.Primary ADME Analysis...
4/4/2013 | Gastroenterology Nursing

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The Transition to End-of-Life Care in End-Stage Liver Disease

...64 years. Complications of ESLD such as ascites, variceal hemorrhage, hepatic encephalopathy, and renal impairment primarily account for these deaths. Patients with...
5/31/2013 | Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

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DRUG Watch

...transplantation is often the only treatment to prevent death after hepatic encephalopathy occurs....
6/21/2006 | AJN, American Journal of Nursing

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