West Haven Hepatic Encephalopathy Grade 3

**Semantic type:** Finding

**Definition:** Severe - symptoms or pathological characteristics include somnolence with some arousability, inability to perform mental tasks, disorientation about time and place, marked confusion, amnesia, occasional fits of rage, present but incomprehensible speech. (Adapted from: Hepatic Encephalopathy. David C Wolf. http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/186101-overview.)

**Synonyms:** - GRADE 3