TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy Using Stroop EncephalApp
T2 - A Multicenter US-Based, Norm-Based Study
AU - Allampati, Sanath
AU - Duarte-Rojo, Andres
AU - Thacker, Leroy R.
AU - Patidar, Kavish R.
AU - White, Melanie B.
AU - Klair, Jagpal S.
AU - John, Binu
AU - Heuman, Douglas M.
AU - Wade, James B.
AU - Flud, Christopher
AU - O'Shea, Robert
AU - Gavis, Edith A.
AU - Unser, Ariel B.
AU - Bajaj, Jasmohan S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Jasmohan S. Bajaj, MD, MS. J.S.B., A.D.-R., and S.A. were responsible for planning of this study; M.B.W., S.A., A.D.-R., J.S.B., C.F., J.S.K., M.B.W., and A.B.U. were involved in testing and recruitment; R.O.S., B.J., and E.A.G. were involved in recruitment; J.B.W. was involved in critical revisions and draft ing, and L.R.T. performed the statistical analysis. NIH grant NIDDK RO1DK087913 and UL1RR031990 from the National Center for Research Resources and McGuire Research Institute. The funders had no role in the data collection, study activities, or the decision to publish.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 by the American College of Gastroenterology.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Objectives:Diagnosing minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is challenging, and point-of-care tests are needed. Stroop EncephalApp has been validated for MHE diagnosis in single-center studies. The objective of the study was to validate EncephalApp for MHE diagnosis in a multicenter study.Methods:Outpatient cirrhotics (with/without prior overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE)) and controls from three sites (Virginia (VA), Ohio (OH), and Arkansas (AR)) underwent EncephalApp and two gold standards, psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) and inhibitory control test (ICT). Age-/gender-/education-adjusted values for EncephalApp based on direct norms, and based on ICT and PHES, were defined. Patients were followed, and EncephalApp cutoff points were used to determine OHE prediction. These cutoff points were then used in a separate VA-based validation cohort.Results:A total of 437 cirrhotics (230 VA, 107 OH, 100 AR, 36% OHE, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score 11) and 308 controls (103 VA, 100 OH, 105 AR) were included. Using adjusted variables, MHE was present using EncephalApp based on norms in 51%, EncephalApp based on PHES in 37% (sensitivity 80%), and EncephalApp based on ICT in 54% of patients (sensitivity 70%). There was modest/good agreement between sites on EncephalApp MHE diagnosis using the three methods. OHE developed in 13% of patients, which was predicted by EncephalApp independent of the MELD score. In the validation cohort of 121 VA cirrhotics, EncephalApp directly and based on gold standards remained consistent for MHE diagnosis with >70% sensitivity.Conclusions:In this multicenter study, EncephalApp, using adjusted population norms or in the context of existing gold standard tests, had good sensitivity for MHE diagnosis and predictive capability for OHE development.
AB - Objectives:Diagnosing minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is challenging, and point-of-care tests are needed. Stroop EncephalApp has been validated for MHE diagnosis in single-center studies. The objective of the study was to validate EncephalApp for MHE diagnosis in a multicenter study.Methods:Outpatient cirrhotics (with/without prior overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE)) and controls from three sites (Virginia (VA), Ohio (OH), and Arkansas (AR)) underwent EncephalApp and two gold standards, psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) and inhibitory control test (ICT). Age-/gender-/education-adjusted values for EncephalApp based on direct norms, and based on ICT and PHES, were defined. Patients were followed, and EncephalApp cutoff points were used to determine OHE prediction. These cutoff points were then used in a separate VA-based validation cohort.Results:A total of 437 cirrhotics (230 VA, 107 OH, 100 AR, 36% OHE, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score 11) and 308 controls (103 VA, 100 OH, 105 AR) were included. Using adjusted variables, MHE was present using EncephalApp based on norms in 51%, EncephalApp based on PHES in 37% (sensitivity 80%), and EncephalApp based on ICT in 54% of patients (sensitivity 70%). There was modest/good agreement between sites on EncephalApp MHE diagnosis using the three methods. OHE developed in 13% of patients, which was predicted by EncephalApp independent of the MELD score. In the validation cohort of 121 VA cirrhotics, EncephalApp directly and based on gold standards remained consistent for MHE diagnosis with >70% sensitivity.Conclusions:In this multicenter study, EncephalApp, using adjusted population norms or in the context of existing gold standard tests, had good sensitivity for MHE diagnosis and predictive capability for OHE development.
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U2 - 10.1038/ajg.2015.377
DO - 10.1038/ajg.2015.377
M3 - Article
C2 - 26644276
AN - SCOPUS:84955394711
SN - 0002-9270
VL - 111
SP - 78
EP - 86
JO - American Journal of Gastroenterology
JF - American Journal of Gastroenterology
IS - 1
ER -