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In 2018, about 4.5 million people in the US had Chronic Liver Disease1
Chronic Liver Disease can lead toCirrhosis2
Up to 80% of patients with Cirrhosis will eventually develop some form of Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE)*3
*Ranging from minimal to overt.
In 2018, 37% of hospitalized patients with overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) were readmitted within 30 days*4
*HE cases are identified by ICD-10 codes K70.41 (alcoholic hepatic failure with coma), K71.11 (toxic liver disease with hepatic necrosis, with coma), K72.01 (acute and subacute hepatic failure with coma), K72.11 (chronic hepatic failure with coma), K72.90 (hepatic failure, unspecified without coma), and K72.91 (hepatic failure, unspecified with coma). Unless otherwise specified, hospital case data include primary and secondary diagnoses. Hospital case data for 2018 were collected from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018.
Patients who have been hospitalized with OHE have a 42% probability of survival at 1 year*5
*This is from a retrospective chart review of medical records from 1990-1993.
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Vilstrup H, Amodio P, Bajaj J, et al. 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. Hepatology. 2014;60(2):715-735.
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Bustamante J, Rimola A, Ventura P-J, et al. Prognostic significance of hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis. J Hepatol. 1999;30(5):890-895.
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