Hepatic encephalopathy liver transplant. In the past, it was thought that consumption of protein even at normal levels increased the risk of hepatic encephalopathy. This has been shown to be incorrect. Furthermore, many people with chronic liver disease are malnourished and require adequate protein to maintain a stable body weight. A diet with adequate protein and energy is therefore recommended. Dietary supplementation with branched-chain amino acids has shown improvement of encephalopathy and other complications of cirrhosis. Some studies have shown benefit of administration of probiotics ("healthy bacteria"). Lactulose lactitol are disaccharides that are not absorbed from the digestive tract. They are thought
Adjective phrase Adjective phrase An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase the head word of which is an adjective, e.g. "fond of steak", "very happy", "quite upset about it", etc. The adjective can initiate the phrase (e.g. "fond of steak"), conclude the phrase (e.g. "very happy"), or appear in a medial position (e.g. "quite upset about it"). The dependents of the head adjective—i.e. the other words and phrases inside the adjective phrase—are typically adverb or prepositional phrases, but they can also be clauses (e.g. "louder than you are"). Adjectives and adjective phrases function in two basic ways, attributively or predicatively.