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Hepatic Encephalopathy Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Gastrointestinal bleeding must be stopped. The intestines must be emptied of blood. Infections, kidney failure, and electrolyte abnormalities (especially potassium) need to be treated.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 13, 2009
This condition may disappear if the cause of symptoms is eliminated. In other cases, treatment is designed to improve liver function as much as possible; remove or relieve factors that worsen symptoms; and decrease the body's production of poisono...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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