Avoidability of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in an elderly hospital cohort with cases assessed for causality by the updated RUCAM score.

Mohammed Ibn-Mas'ud DanjumaHussam AlmasriShaikha AlshokriFadi Khazahia KhirAshraf ElmalikNaim Ghazi BattikhIbtihal Mahmoud Hassan AbdallahMohamed ElshafeiHaajra FatimaMouhand Faisal Hamad MohamedYahya MaghoubTanweer HussainIjaz KamalZubair AnwerMubarak Ariyo BidmosAbdel-Naser Elzouki

Published in: BMC geriatrics (2020)

We found a significant proportion of drug-induced liver injury adjudicated by the updated RUCAM scale in elderly hospitalized cohort of patients were avoidable with significant implication for therapeutic commissioning as well as cost effectiveness interventions in this cohort of patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
healthcare
physical activity
drug induced