Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy in Cirrhotic Patients: A New Simple and Fast Digital Screening Method.

ABSTRACT:

Backround

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is a common and prognostically severe complication of cirrhosis with a significant impact on the quality of life. Detailed diagnostic work-up of minimal hepatic encephalopathy is time-consuming and difficult to integrate into daily clinical routine.

Objective

We aimed to develop a new, simple, and easy-applicable smartphone-based self-assessment method for screening of minimal hepatic encephalopathy.

Methods

92 patients with cirrhosis and 20 healthy controls were recruited to perform 3 different short digital tests on smartphones (Tip test (TT), number connection test (dNCT) and modified Stroop test (ST)). Results were correlated with the Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) as the presumed gold standard for minimal

SUBMITTER: Dobbermann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12463687 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature