Research progress on the relationship between related ions and hepatic encephalopathy and its pathogenic mechanism
Hepatic encephalopathy is a serious complication in patients with liver cirrhosis with poor prognosis.At present,it is known that ammonia plays a central role in the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy,but with the deepe-ning of research,blood sodium ion,chloride ion,zinc ion and magnesium ion have also been found to be related to the pathogenesis of hepatic encephalopathy.The relationship between related ions and hepatic encephalopathy and its patho-genic mechanism were reviewed in order to provide new ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of clinical hepatic encepha-lopathy.