2024
Hepatotoxicity Score: A New Method to Adjust for Use of Potentially Hepatotoxic Medications by Chronic Liver Disease Status
Re V, Newcomb C, Carbonari D, Mezochow A, Hennessy S, Rentsch C, Park L, Tate J, Bräu N, Bhattacharya D, Lim J, Mezzacappa C, Njei B, Roy J, Taddei T, Justice A, Torgersen J. Hepatotoxicity Score: A New Method to Adjust for Use of Potentially Hepatotoxic Medications by Chronic Liver Disease Status. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2024, 33: e70069. PMID: 39662972, PMCID: PMC11634562, DOI: 10.1002/pds.70069.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProton pump inhibitor initiationHazard ratioVeterans Health AdministrationSevere acute liver injuryProton pump inhibitorsChronic liver diseaseAcute liver injuryRates of hospitalizationSafety of medicationsPPI initiativesHealth AdministrationLiver disease statusMedication exposurePharmacoepidemiological studiesMedicationConfoundingScoresReports of hepatotoxicityDisease statusHepatotoxic medicationsDrug exposurePump inhibitorsHepatotoxic drugsOutpatient initiationHepatic safety
2022
The Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Exposure and Key Liver-Related Outcomes in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Veterans Affairs Cohort Study
Mahmud N, Serper M, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE. The Association Between Proton Pump Inhibitor Exposure and Key Liver-Related Outcomes in Patients With Cirrhosis: A Veterans Affairs Cohort Study. Gastroenterology 2022, 163: 257-269.e6. PMID: 35398042, PMCID: PMC10020994, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2022.03.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCohort StudiesGastrointestinal HemorrhageHumansLiver CirrhosisProton Pump InhibitorsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsVeteransConceptsLiver-related mortalityPPI exposureGastrointestinal bleedingCause mortalityProton pump inhibitor exposurePrior gastrointestinal bleedingTime-updated variablesCause-specific mortality analysesLarge national cohortVeterans Health AdministrationRisk of infectionCardiovascular comorbiditiesPPI useCohort studyStatin exposureCox regressionRetrospective studyAdverse outcomesAppropriate indicationsNational cohortInhibitor exposureSevere infectionsCirrhosis diagnosisAdditional adjustmentAdjusted model