Preventing Readmissions for Hepatic Encephalopathy.

Hepatic encephalopathy is a strong predictor of hospital readmissions in patients with advanced liver disease. The frequent recurrence of hepatic encephalopathy and subsequent readmissions may lead to nonreversible organ dysfunction, resulting in a significant decrease of patient quality of life and increase of health care burden costs for patients and facilities. Many of these readmissions for hepatic encephalopathy are preventable. Multidisciplinary patient-centered care throughout the continuum is essential in the management of hepatic encephalopathy. Understanding the patient's daily functions and limitations in the outpatient setting is key to correctly identifying the cause of hospital admission.
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