Concise Commentary: Staying True to Type-The Increasing Inpatient Burden of Hepatic Encephalopathy

Sharon DeMorrow^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Austin, TX, USA. Sharon.demorrow@austin.utexas.edu.
² College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. Sharon.demorrow@austin.utexas.edu.
³ Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Health Discovery Building, 1701 Trinity Street, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. Sharon.demorrow@austin.utexas.edu.

Comment

Sharon DeMorrow. Dig Dis Sci. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;64(6):1458-1459.

doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-05630-6.

Sharon DeMorrow^{1

2

3}

¹ Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Austin, TX, USA. Sharon.demorrow@austin.utexas.edu.
² College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. Sharon.demorrow@austin.utexas.edu.
³ Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Health Discovery Building, 1701 Trinity Street, Austin, TX, 78712, USA. Sharon.demorrow@austin.utexas.edu.

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Increasing Burden of Hepatic Encephalopathy Among Hospitalized Adults: An Analysis of the 2010-2014 National Inpatient Sample.
Hirode G, Vittinghoff E, Wong RJ. Hirode G, et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2019 Jun;64(6):1448-1457. doi: 10.1007/s10620-019-05576-9. Epub 2019 Mar 13. Dig Dis Sci. 2019. PMID: 30863953

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