[The Psychometric Score for Hepatic Encephalopathy and the Stroop EncephalApp in the diagnosis of covert hepatic encephalopathy in Cuba].

Introduction: The early diagnosis of occult hepatic encephalopathy in patients with liver cirrhosis is currently a challenge, mainly with regard to diagnostic tests. Objetive: The aim of this study was to compare the results of two tests, the psychometric score for hepatic encephalopathy and the Stroop EncephalApp in the diagnosis of covert hepatic encephalopathy.

Materials And Methods: The two tests were applied in patients in the cirrhosis consultation of the "Arnaldo Milián" Hospital in Villa Clara, comparing the results of Stroop EncephalApp taking as reference the psychometric score for hepatic encephalopathy.

[Normality tables of the population in Cuba for the psychometric tests used in the diagnosis of minimal hepatic encephalopathy].

Objectives: Minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) is the subclinical stage pre-clinical development of hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients, in addition to associated with impaired quality of life of these patients and an increased risk of accidents and disability of driving. The Psychometric Hepatic Encephalopathy Score (PHES) is currently considered the diagnostic method of choice in the diagnosis of MHE. The objective of this work was to design tables PHES normality for the Cuban population.

[Brunners gland hiperplasia. Report of two cases].

Brunner's gland hyperplasia is an infrequent benign injury located on the first or second portion of the duodenum. The disease spectrum includes diffuse nodular hyperplasia, circumscribed nodular hyperplasia, and Brunner's gland adenoma. We report two cases, one with an adenoma of Brunner's glands as a duodenal polyp and the other as a diffuse nodular hyperplasia of the duodenal bulb.

[Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG supplementation to reduce side-effects of anti-Helicobacter pylori treatment].

Background: Helicobacter pylori (Hp) eradication fails in about 10% of patients because of the occurrence of resistance to antibiotics and side-effects. During anti H.pylori therapy, probiotics have been used to reduce the incidence of side-effects.