2025
Mortality, Hepatic Decompensation, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Lean vs. Non-lean MASLD Cirrhosis: A Veterans Affairs Cohort Study
Njei B, Mezzacappa C, John B, Serper M, Kaplan D, Taddei T, Mahmud N. Mortality, Hepatic Decompensation, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Lean vs. Non-lean MASLD Cirrhosis: A Veterans Affairs Cohort Study. Digestive Diseases And Sciences 2025, 70: 802-813. PMID: 39779587, PMCID: PMC11839701, DOI: 10.1007/s10620-024-08764-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-lean individualsAll-cause mortalityMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsIncreased risk of all-cause mortalityRisk of all-cause mortalityVeterans Health AdministrationRisk of hepatic decompensationPrevalence of diabetesRisk of cardiovascular mortalityHepatic decompensationHigher mortality riskCardiovascular-related mortalityCox proportional hazards modelsCohort study of patientsCardiovascular outcomesIncident major adverse cardiovascular eventsRetrospective cohort study of patientsProportional hazards modelNon-HispanicRetrospective cohort studyCompeting risk regressionHealth AdministrationMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelLean individualsAssessed associations
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 safetySevere Acute Liver Injury After Hepatotoxic Medication Initiation in Real-World Data
Torgersen J, Mezochow A, Newcomb C, Carbonari D, Hennessy S, Rentsch C, Park L, Tate J, Bräu N, Bhattacharya D, Lim J, Mezzacappa C, Njei B, Roy J, Taddei T, Justice A, Re V. Severe Acute Liver Injury After Hepatotoxic Medication Initiation in Real-World Data. JAMA Internal Medicine 2024, 184: 943-952. PMID: 38913369, PMCID: PMC11197444, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.1836.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIncidence rateUS Department of Veterans AffairsMedication initiationDepartment of Veterans AffairsInitiation of medicationVeterans AffairsMain OutcomesPotential of medicationsOutpatient settingDischarge diagnosisCohort studyDay of admissionCase reportReal World DataReport countsMedicationMedical cohortSevere acute liver injuryUS DepartmentFollow-upAcute liver injuryHospitalCohortHepatotoxic medicationsIncidence
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