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Atan Baas Sinuhaji

Sub Division of Pediatrics Gastroentero-Hepatology


Department of Childhealth,School of Medicine
University of Sumatera Utara/ Adam Malik Hospital
Medan
ENCEPHALOPATHY

DISORDER OF CEREBRAL
FUNCTION ==> Inflammation (-)

DIGESTIVE TRACT

1. Hepatic Encephalopathy
2. Kernicterus
3. Reye Syndrome
4. Dehydration +disorder of consciousness
5. Hypo/hypernatremia
severe hypophosphatemia
GE + SEVERE DEHYDRATION

CIRCULATORY DISTURBANCES

OXYGENATION

CONSCIOUSNESS

GE+SEVERE DEHYDRATION+ENCEPHALOPATHY

COMA ≠ SHOCK
P

< 1 mg %

Energy 

Dysfunction of RBC Rhabdomyolisis


leucocytes &
thrombocytes
O2 delivery  

Cerebral Anoxia
KERNICTERUS
= BILIRUBIN ENCEPHALOPATHY
• Unconsciousness
• Spasme
• Convulsion
• Mortality  75%
• Recovery - Blind
- Deafness
- Neuromusc. Incoord.
(chorea athetosis)
Th 1. EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION ==> UNCONJUG.
BILIRUBIN > 20 mg %
2. PHOTOTHERAPY

3. PHENOBARBITAL

4. INHIBITION OF ABSORPTION

5. TIN PROTOPORFIRIN

INHIBITION OF BILIVERDIN TO BILIRUBIN

6. SUPPORTIVE
HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

= LIVER FAILURE
= HEPATOCELLULER FAILURE
= HEPATOCYTIC FAILURE
= “GAGAL HATI”
≠ HEPATIC COMA
≠ PORTO SYSTEMIC ENCEPH
LIVER FAILURE

SEVERE HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION

PT ≥ 15 SECONDS or INR ≥ 1,5 + ENCEPHALOPATHY


OR
PT ≥ 20 SECONDS OR INR ≥ 2 WITHOUT ENCEPHALOPATHY
ACUTE
( WITHIN 8 WEEKS OF ONSET OF ILLNES/JAUNDICE

FULMINANT SUBFULMINANT
( 2 WEEKS) ( 2-8 WEEKS )
CLINICAL GRADING OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

I. CONFUSED

II. DROWSY

III. STUPOROUS

IV. - COMA
HEPATIC COMA
- DEEP COMA
Systemic

Inferior v. cava

liver

portal v.

Porto systemic encephelopathy


ETIOLOGIES

1.Infection

2.Drugs and toxin

3.Autoimmune

4.Metabolic

5.Vascular

6.Miscellanous : -Malignant infiltration

7.Indeterminate :-Graft non-function


LIVER FAILURE

ENCEPHALOPATHY DYSFUNCTION
INTRAHEPATIC
COAGULOPATHY METABOLISM

“HALLMARK”
MANAGEMENT

1. DIAGNOSTIC

2. SUPPORTIVE

3. UNDERLYNG : - Antiviral for HSV and HBV


-Steroid for AIH
- NTBC for Tyrosinemia
- NAC for acetaminophen overdose
- etc
4. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

# NTBC: 2(nitro-4 -trifluoromethylbenzoil )1-3- cyclohexanedione


# NAC : N-Acetylcysteine
SUPPORTIVE
1. VENTILATION
2. WATER & ELECTROLYTES
3. COAGULOPATHY:
- Vitamin K
- Transfusion : Fresh Frozen Plasma
4. BLOOD AMMONIA (NH3)  :
- lactulose
- neomycine  Nephrotoxic
5. REDUCING INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE :
- cerebral edem : steroid, mannitol, etc.
- hypokarbia  Cerebral Blood Flow 
6. MONITORED CLOSELY FOR INFECTION
7. HEPATOTOXIC DRUGS WITHDRAWN :
- eg : Sedative
The King’s College Criteria for Liver Transplantation

Acetaminophen Non-acetaminophen

@ pH < 7,3(irrespective of grade @ PT> 100 seconds (INR>6,5)


encephalopathy) or all 3 of the (irrespective of grade encephalopathy)
following or any 3 of the following
= Grade III- IV encephalopathy = Age <10 or > 40 years
= PT> 100 seconds ( INR> 6,5) = Etiology: non-A,non-B hepatitis,
= Serum creatinine > 300µmol/L halothane,
( 3,4 mg/dL) idiosyncratic drug reaction,
Wilson’s disease
= Periode of jaundice to encephalopathy
> 7 days
= PT>50 seconds (INR>3,5 )
= Serum bilirubin> 300 µmol/L(17,5 mg/dL)
ENCEPHALOPATHY

FATTY DEGENERATION
REYE SYNDROME

BLOOD NH3

Mitochondrial dysfunction

HYPOGLYCEMIA

ACUTE

SALICYLIC ACID
Th 1. CONTROL OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE 

2. WATER & ELECTROLYTES

3. ADEQUATE OXYGENATION

4. CONTROL OF HYPOGLICEMIA

5. COAGULOPATHY IS MANAGED

6. EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION

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