While you may have initially been thinking of alcohol withdrawal, the case presents you with signs/symptoms of decompensated cirrhosis including hepatic encephalopathy from hyperammonemia (AMS, asterixis). Treatment is oral lactulose, which helps clear ammonia via the power of horrible diarrhea.
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While you may have initially been thinking of alcohol withdrawal, the case presents you with signs/symptoms of decompensated cirrhosis including hepatic encephalopathy from hyperammonemia (AMS, asterixis). Treatment is oral lactulose, which helps clear ammonia via the power of horrible diarrhea.