Review Article
Clinical Manifestations of Portal Hypertension
Table 7
West Haven Criteria of Severity of Hepatic Encephalopathy (Adapted with permission [
55]).
| Grade 1 | Trivial lack of awareness Euphoria or anxiety Shortened attention span Impaired performance of addition |
| Grade 2 | Lethargy or apathy Minimal disorientation for time and place Subtle personality change Inappropriate behavior Impaired performance of subtraction |
| Grade 3 | Somnolence to semistupor, but responsive to verbal stimuli Confusion Gross disorientation |
| Grade 4 | Coma (unresponsive to verbal or noxious stimuli) |
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