Treatment of chronic portal-systemic encephalopathy with lactulose. Report of six patients and review of the literature

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Ammonia / blood
• Ammonia / metabolism
• Brain Diseases / drug therapy*
• Cathartics / administration & dosage
• Chronic Disease
• Colon / microbiology
• Diarrhea / chemically induced
• Dietary Proteins
• Disaccharides / administration & dosage
• Disaccharides / adverse effects
• Disaccharides / metabolism
• Disaccharides / therapeutic use*
• Electroencephalography
• Feces / microbiology
• Female
• Hepatic Encephalopathy / drug therapy
• Humans
• Lactobacillus / isolation & purification
• Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Neomycin / administration & dosage
• Portal System
• Urease / metabolism