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The aim was to estimate mortality and risk for hospital readmission of cirrhotic patients hospitalized for HE.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We prospectively enrolled 112 consecutive cirrhotic patients hospitalized for HE (HE group) at 25 Italian referral centers. A cohort of 256 patients hospitalized for decompensated cirrhosis without HE served as controls (no HE group). After hospitalization for HE, patients were followed-up for 12 months until death or liver transplant (LT).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>During follow-up, 34 patients (30.4%) died and 15 patients (13.4%) underwent LT in the HE group, while 60 patients (23.4%) died and 50 patients (19.5%) underwent LT in the no HE group. In the whole cohort, age (HR 1.03, 95% CI 1.01\u20131.06), HE (HR 1.67, 95% CI 1.08\u20132.56), ascites (HR 2.56, 95% CI 1.55\u20134.23), and sodium levels (HR 0.94, 95% CI 0.90\u20130.99) were significant risk factors for mortality. In the HE group, ascites (HR 5.07, 95% CI 1.39\u201318.49) and BMI (HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.75\u20130.98) were risk factors for mortality, and HE recurrence was the first cause of hospital readmission.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In patients hospitalized for decompensated cirrhosis, HE is an independent risk factor for mortality and the most common cause of hospital readmission compared with other decompensation events. 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