Hepatic encephalopathy Professor Dame Sheila Sherlock (1918–2001), then at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London and subsequently at the Royal Free Hospital. The same group investigated protein restriction and neomycin. The West Haven classification was formulated by Prof Harold Conn (1925–2011) and colleagues at Yale University while investigating the therapeutic efficacy of lactulose. Hepatic encephalopathy Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is an altered level of consciousness as a result of liver failure. Onset may be gradual or sudden. Other symptoms may include movement problems, changes in mood, or changes in personality. In the advanced stages it can result in a coma. Hepatic encephalopathy
Adjective phrase phrase: The following trees illustrate the structure of head-medial adjective phrases: 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