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ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics2010

Hepatic encephalopathy therapy: An overview.

Oliviero Riggio, Lorenzo Ridola, Chiara Pasquale

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Article in World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. The Link between Gut Microbiota and Hepatic Encephalopathy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  9. Rifaximin therapy and hepatic encephalopathy: Pros and cons.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Oliviero RiggioOliviero Riggio, Lorenzo Ridola, Chiara Pasquale, Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Portal Hypertension, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome 00185, Italy.
Lorenzo Ridola
Chiara Pasquale
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type-C hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a severe complication of cirrhosis, which seriously affects quality of life and is strongly related to patient survival. Treatment based on a classical pharmacological approach that is aimed at reducing the production of gut-derived toxins, such as ammonia, is still under debate. Currently, results obtained from clinical trials do not support any specific treatment for HE and our competence in testing old and new treatment modalities by randomized controlled trials with appropriate clinically relevant end-points urgently needs to be improved. On the other hand, patients who are at risk for HE are now identifiable, based on studies on the natural history of the disease. Today, very few studies that are specifically aimed at establishing whether HE may be prevented are available or in progress. Recent studies have looked at non absorbable disaccharides or antibiotics and other treatment modalities, such as the modulation of intestinal flora. In the treatment of severe stage HE, artificial liver supports have been tested with initial positive results but more studies are needed.

Indexed as

AmmoniaComplications of cirrhosisNitrogen metabolismPorto-systemic shuntsTransjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Identifiers

PMID21577297
PMCPMC3091148
OpenAlexW2047312657

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