N-Acetyl Cysteine and Reduced Hepatic Encephalopathy

• N-acetyl cysteine versus standard of care for non-acetaminophen induced acute liver injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2021-09
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 11
  • Annals of hepatology 24
  • • Dhan Bahadur Shrestha
    • Pravash Budhathoki
    • Yub Raj Sedhai
    • Anurag Adhikari
    • Ayusha Poudel
    • Barun Aryal
    • Ramkaji Baniya

  • PubMed: 33722689
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.aohep.2021.100340

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Hepatic Encephalopathy

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  the rate of encephalopathy was 59% lower in the treatment group (OR, 0.41; CI, 0.20-0.83)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes