Review Article

Clinical Manifestations of Portal Hypertension

Table 7

West Haven Criteria of Severity of Hepatic Encephalopathy (Adapted with permission [55]).

Grade 1Trivial lack of awareness
Euphoria or anxiety
Shortened attention span
Impaired performance of addition

Grade 2Lethargy or apathy
Minimal disorientation for time and place
Subtle personality change
Inappropriate behavior
Impaired performance of subtraction

Grade 3Somnolence to semistupor, but responsive to verbal stimuli
Confusion
Gross disorientation

Grade 4Coma (unresponsive to verbal or noxious stimuli)