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ReviewPrzeglad gastroenterologiczny2025

Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) - when, how, why, and why not: a guide for the unfamiliar.

Nikola Mumdzhiev, Rumen V Tenev, Mariana P Radicheva

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Review in Przeglad gastroenterologiczny, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Nikola MumdzhievGastroenterology Department, UMHAT "Prof. Stoyan Kirkovitch", Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Rumen V TenevGastroenterology Department, UMHAT "Prof. Stoyan Kirkovitch", Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Mariana P RadichevaGastroenterology Department, UMHAT "Prof. Stoyan Kirkovitch", Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) has established itself as one of the most used tests for detecting minimal hepatic encephalopathy. To use it in a certain population one needs to determine what the norms are, and have a proper set of inclusion and especially exclusion criteria. When performing the test (either for validating or as a search tool) authors may benefit from a little guidance. All the 5 tests - DST (Digital Symbol test), Number Connection Test A (NCT A), Number Connection Test B (NCT B), Serial Dotting Test (SDT), Line Drawing Test (LDT) - have certain parameters to follow. In time, deviations have appeared, and comparability between different samples has become somehow limited. As new tests are emerging, and in order to compare, one must be familiar with the tests' variants, benefits, and limitations.

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minimal hepatic encephalopathyportosystemic hepatic encephalopathy score

Identifiers

PMID40191504
PMCPMC11966511

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