TY  - JOUR
T1  - HEpatic encephalopathy precipitated by fecal impaction
AU  - Lerman BB, Levin ML, Patterson R
Y1  - 1979/06/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630430083028
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 707
EP  - 708
VL  - 139
IS  - 6
N2  - Two episodes of hepatic encephalopathy developed in a 64-year-old man with cirrhosis during the course of hospitalization. The first event was precipitated by spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; the second occurred four weeks later and was associated with a massive fecal impaction, an unreported precipitant. No other potential causes were demonstrated. Symptoms promptly resolved following disimpaction.(Arch Intern Med 139:707-708, 1979)
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1979.03630430083028
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1979.03630430083028
ER  -