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10 Encephalopathy
10 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
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
6. SUPPORTIVE
HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
= LIVER FAILURE
= HEPATOCELLULER FAILURE
= HEPATOCYTIC FAILURE
= “GAGAL HATI”
≠ HEPATIC COMA
≠ PORTO SYSTEMIC ENCEPH
LIVER FAILURE
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.
1.Infection
3.Autoimmune
4.Metabolic
5.Vascular
ENCEPHALOPATHY DYSFUNCTION
INTRAHEPATIC
COAGULOPATHY METABOLISM
“HALLMARK”
MANAGEMENT
1. DIAGNOSTIC
2. SUPPORTIVE
Acetaminophen Non-acetaminophen
FATTY DEGENERATION
REYE SYNDROME
BLOOD NH3
Mitochondrial dysfunction
HYPOGLYCEMIA
ACUTE
SALICYLIC ACID
Th 1. CONTROL OF INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
3. ADEQUATE OXYGENATION
4. CONTROL OF HYPOGLICEMIA
5. COAGULOPATHY IS MANAGED
6. EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION