The impact of liver disease on cognitive function

The current study assessed cognitive function 32 hepatic cirrhosis patients using standardized neuropsychological measures and compared them with types of hepatic cirrhosis by Child Pugh score and the stages of Hepatic Encephalopathy andthe same measures of 20 healthy controls. The Study participants underwent a comprehensive neuropsychological battery to assess functioning in the areas of visuospatial, naming, attention, memory, verbal fluency, orientation, abstraction, and also depression, and anxiety questionnaires were completed.