Patients With Cirrhosis And Impaired Cognitive Abilities Have More Motor Vehicle Accidents
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 09:28
in Health & Medicine
A recent study found that patients with cirrhosis of the liver who developed minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) had a 16% rate of motor vehicle crashes compared to only 4% of those without MHE over one year. The rate of accidents was also significantly higher than the state annual crash rate of 3%-3.3%.