Table 2.

Case summaries of hepatic encephalopathy presenting with alcohol withdrawal

Serial number	Age (years)	Drinking history	Preferred drink	Last drink	Presenting complaints	Recent liver issues	LFT	Ammonia levels	USG	First contact physician/psychiatrist/admission?	WHC	Child-Pugh grade
1 A	42	20 years EO - 5 years	Undistilled	Morning of admission	Irritability, irrelevant talks	Jaundice 1 month back, melena	T.B-2.3 SGOT - 260 ALP - 140	168	Coarse echotexture of liver	Psychiatrist	Grade 3	C
2 R	45	25 years EO - 1 year	Undistilled	2 days prior	Tremors, irrelevant talks, sleep disturbances Constipation	2 episodes of melena	T-B-1.5	156	Not done	EM	Grade 2	C
3 N	56	25 years EO - 6 months	Undistilled	One day prior	Irrelevant talk, disorganized behavior Psychotic symptoms Constipation + Gait abnormality	History of jaundice in the past	T-B-1.78	180	Ascites	Psychiatrist	Grade 3	C
4 S	62	30 years EO - 4 months	Undistilled	One day prior	Tremors, restlessness, sleep disturbances	1 episode of hematemesis and melena	T-B-5.84	174	Alcoholic steatosis	Psychiatrist	Grade 2	B

EO – Eye-opener; AST – Aspartate aminotransferase; SGOT – Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; ALP – Alkaline phosphatase;. T.B. – Total bilirubin; LFT – Liver function test; USG – Ultra sonogram; WHC – West haven criteria