Effect of proton pump inhibitors on the risk and prognosis of infections in patients with cirrhosis and ascites.
Gitte DamHendrik VilstrupPer Kragh AndersenLars BossenHugh WatsonProf Peter JepsenPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
Approximately half of patients with cirrhosis and ascites use proton pump inhibitors. This use increases their risk of bacterial infections, but does not affect their prognosis after an infection occurs.
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