Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Practice Point
  • Published:

Is the inhibitory control test as accurate as standard psychometric testing for diagnosing hepatic encephalopathy?

Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology volume 5, pages 132–133 (2008)Cite this article

boxed-textBajaj JS et al. (2007) Inhibitory control test is a simple method to diagnose minimal hepatic encephalopathy and predict development of overt hepatic encephalopathy. Am J Gastroenterol 102: 754–760

Background

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Prasad S et al. (2007) Lactulose improves cognitive functions and health related quality of life in patients with cirrhosis who have minima hepatic Encephalopathy. Hepatology 45: 549–559

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Ferenci P et al. (1998) Hepatic encephalopathy—definition, nomenclature, diagnosis and quantification. Final report of the working party at the 11th World Congress of Gastroenterology, Vienna 1998. Hepatology 35: 716–721

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Groeneweg M et al. (1998) Subclinical hepatic encephalopathy impairs daily functioning. Hepatology 28: 45–49

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Bajaj JS et al. (2007) Minimal hepatic encephalopathy: a vehicle for accidents and traffic violations. Am J Gastroenterol 9: 1903–1909

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The synopsis was written by Helen Jaques, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. and KD Mullen is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology at MetroHealth Medical Center at Case Western Reserve University, K Hisamuddin and S Iduru are Fellows, Cleveland, OH, USA.,

    Kola Hisamuddin, Satish Iduru & Kevin D Mullen

Authors
  1. Kola Hisamuddin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Satish Iduru
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Kevin D Mullen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kola Hisamuddin.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hisamuddin, K., Iduru, S. & Mullen, K. Is the inhibitory control test as accurate as standard psychometric testing for diagnosing hepatic encephalopathy?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 132–133 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1027

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1027

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing