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. 2023 Dec;19(12):740-748.

The Importance of Making an Accurate Diagnosis for Hepatic Encephalopathy

Nancy S Reau  1
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The Importance of Making an Accurate Diagnosis for Hepatic Encephalopathy

Nancy S Reau. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2023 Dec.
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Keywords: Hepatic encephalopathy; ICD-10/ICD-10-CM codes; diagnosis; lactulose; rifaximin.

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Figure 1.
Kaplan-Meier estimates of efficacy endpoints in the intention-to-treat population with HE treated with rifaximin vs placebo. HE, hepatic encephalopathy. Adapted from Bass NM, Mullen KD, Sanyal A, et al. Rifaximin treatment in hepatic encephalopathy. N Engl J Med. 2010;362(12):1071-1081.
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Figure 2.
Diagnostic performance of various administrative data for identification of hepatic encephalopathy. Adapted from Ozturk NB, Jamil LH, Tapper EB. Diagnostic performance of the ICD-10 code K76.82 for hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis [published online November 1, 2023]. Am J Gastroenterol. doi:10.14309/ajg.0000000000002560.
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