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| =portal systemic encephalopathy, associated with changes in consciousness, behavior, neurologic status |
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| changes in judgement, sleep patterns, personality, & mood, unable to reproduce shapes, sweet/musty/pungent breath, asterixis |
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| Stage 0: no symptoms, Stage 1: mild confusion, decreased attention span, altered mentation, Stage 2: drowsy, unable to do mental tasks, personality changes, Stage 3: disoriented, mental confusion, incomprehensible speech, Stage 4: coma |
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| ammonia hypothesis, synergistic neurotoxin hypothesis, altered BCAA:AAA ratio, increased brain & neuroinhibitory substances (GABA, cerebral GABA receptors) |
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