Patients often end up in a hepatic coma as a result of toxins not being cleared by the failing liver.
From the sciencedaily.com
Many victims of viral hepatitis and of adverse reactions to anesthetics or other drugs develop hepatic coma.
From the time.com
No one knows just how many patients die each year of hepatic coma, but they certainly number in the thousands.
From the time.com
Hyperammonemia contributes to the confusion and coma of hepatic encephalopathy as well as the neurologic disease common in people with urea cycle defects and organic acidurias.