Treatment with proton pump inhibitors is associated with increased mortality in patients with pyogenic liver abscess.

Dominic BettingerD MartinS RiegM SchultheissN BuettnerR ThimmeT Boettler

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2018)

PPI treatment is associated with higher index mortality in patients with pyogenic liver abscess. Therefore, critical evaluation of the indication for PPI treatment is particularly important in patients at high risk for pyogenic liver abscess.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
type diabetes
ejection fraction
cardiovascular events
newly diagnosed
risk factors
peritoneal dialysis