Background: Hepatic encephalopathy, a form of brain dysfunction seen in the setting of liver
insufficiency, negatively affects driving performance and so is both a patient and public …

BACKGROUND & AIMS:: Hepatic encephalopathy, a spectrum of neuropsychiatric
abnormalities that can occur in patients with liver dysfunction, negatively affects driving …

Minimal, covert, low-grade, or subclinical hepatic encephalopathy (HE) are labels that fail to
capture the true clinical and social significance of this entity. Beyond liver outcomes, HE …

Mounting evidence suggests that minimal hepatic encephalopathy of cirrhosis may
compromise driving performance. A study now reveals that patients with minimal hepatic …

Human error is the number one cause of car acci-dents and has been the leading culprit in
up to 71% of crashes. 1 Societies have legislated against two main factors influencing the …

Driving is the most dangerous activity that most adults in the United States perform on a daily
basis. The cost of our use of the automobile has deceased over time but is still significant. In …

Operating a motor vehicle is an overlearned mo-tor task involving aspects of divided
attention and visual perception (surveillance of roadway, traffic, and regulatory and …

REFERENCES 1. Ferenci P, Lockwood A, Mullen K et al. Hepatic encephalopathy—
definition, nomenclature, diagnosis, and quantification: final report of the working party at the …

Patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) have impaired driving skills, but
association of MHE with motor vehicle crashes is unclear. Standard psychometric tests …

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is consid-ered a continuum of spectrum of HE. As the
liver disease progresses, the abnormalities in central nervous function with impairment in …