A 50-year-old man with chronic heavy alcohol use presents with confusion, asterixis and jaundice. He is diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis with he...

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A 50-year-old man with chronic heavy alcohol use presents with confusion, asterixis and jaundice. He is diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis with hepatic encephalopathy. What is the first-line drug treatment for his encephalopathy?

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Oral Lactulose

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Oral Metronidazole

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Intravenous steroids

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Oral Rifaximin alone

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Haloperidol

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Hepatic encephalopathy

A 50-year-old man with chronic heavy alcohol use presents with confusion, asterixis and jaundice. He is diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis with hepatic encephalopathy. What is the first-line drug treatment for his encephalopathy?