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Table 4 Evolution of blood ammonia and MHE status in 4 patients with cirrhosis and TIPS

From: A capillary blood ammonia bedside test following glutamine load to improve the diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis

    

Baseline

60 minutes

Patient

Age (yrs)

MELD

Previous HE

Ammonia (umol/l)

MHE

Ammonia (umol/l)

MHE

1

66

11

+

66

+

244

+

2

57

7

-

64

-

197

-

3

48

14

+

76

+

276

+

4

71

10

-

52

-

88

-

  1. Note: MHE+ and MHE- denotes the presence or absence of minimal HE according to psychometric tests performance.
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BMC Gastroenterology

ISSN: 1471-230X

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