Hepatic encephalopathy
HIGH-YIELD
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Teaching point
Asterixis plus confusion in chronic liver disease/ascites is hepatic encephalopathy; first-line treatment is lactulose to reduce ammonia. Exclude precipitants (e.g. SBP) but lactulose is the management answer.
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