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Infection and systemic inflammation, not ammonia, are associated with Grade 3/4 hepatic encephalopathy, but not mortality in cirrhosis

Debbie L. Shawcross, Yalda Sharifi, James B. Canavan, Andrew D. Yeoman, R.D. Abeles, Nicholas Taylor, Georg Auzinger, William Bernal, Julia Wendon

Journal of Hepatology · 2010 · 288 citations · 36 references

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ASSESSMENT OF COMA AND IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS

Graham M. Teasdale, Bryan Jennett · The Lancet · 1974 · 13.1K citations

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The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure

Jean‐Louis Vincent, Rui P. Moreno, Jukka Takala et al. · Intensive Care Medicine · 1996 · 11.6K citations

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Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding oesophageal varices

R. N. H. Pugh, I M Murray-Lyon, J L Dawson et al. · British journal of surgery · 1973 · 8K citations

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American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference

Critical Care Medicine · 1992 · 4.8K citations

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Early indicators of prognosis in fulminant hepatic failure

John G. O'Grady, Graeme Alexander, Karen M. Hayllar et al. · Gastroenterology · 1989 · 2.1K citations

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