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2021 Jun


BMJ Open Gastroenterol


8


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Low yield of head CT in cirrhotic patients presenting with hepatic encephalopathy.

Authors

Hanna A, Gill I, Imam Z, Halalau A, Jamil LH
BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2021 Jun; 8(1).
PMID: 34083228.

Abstract

The utility of routine head CT (HCT) in hepatic encephalopathy (HE) evaluation is unclear. We investigated HCT yield in detecting acute intracranial abnormalities in cirrhotic patients presenting with HE.