Updated key points of Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis (2018) / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

In 2018, Chinese Society of Hepatology, Chinese Medical Association, issued Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis, which gives recommendations for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy including minimal hepatic encephalopathy and has important guiding significance. Compared with Consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy in China (Chongqing, 2013) and Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease 2014 Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the European Association for the Study of the Liver, the updated guidelines have several new points in the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatic encephalopathy. This article summarizes the updated key points in the guidelines, so as to understand the effect of the guidelines in guiding clinical treatment and improve diagnosis and treatment.