Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
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Case Report

Intermittent Confusion in a Cirrhotic Patient Not what it Seems

Sanath Allampati^1* and Kevin D. Mullen²

¹Department of Clinical Nutrition, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA

²Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

Corresponding Author:

Sanath Allampati
Fellow, Department of Clinical Nutrition
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA
Tel: 001-330-209-7687
E-mail: sanathallampati@gmail.com

Received Date: September 18, 2015 Accepted Date: October 13, 2015 Published Date: October 20,2015

Citation:Allampati S, Mullen K (2015) Intermittent Confusion in a Cirrhotic Patient – Not what it Seems. J Gastrointest Dig Syst S13:006. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000S13-006

Copyright: ©2015 Sanath A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted
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Patients who underwent jejunoileal bypass procedures to promote major weight loss can experience a wide array of undesirable complications. One of the most notorious was the development of cirrhosis with varying degrees of loss of overall liver function. Once this complication was widely recognized, the surgical procedure was largely abandoned in favor of other bariatric procedures which are not associated with the complication.

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