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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryChronic DiseaseCohort StudiesFemaleHospitalizationHumansLiver DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedPharmacoepidemiologyProton Pump InhibitorsUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsProton 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
2009
Management and Treatment of Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: Recommendations From the Department of Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and the National Hepatitis C Program
Garcia-Tsao G, Lim J. Management and Treatment of Patients With Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension: Recommendations From the Department of Veterans Affairs Hepatitis C Resource Center Program and the National Hepatitis C Program. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2009, 104: 1802. PMID: 19455106, DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCause of DeathDiagnostic ImagingDisease ProgressionEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleGastrointestinal HemorrhageHepatitis C, ChronicHepatorenal SyndromeHumansHypertension, PortalImmunohistochemistryLiver CirrhosisLiver FailureLiver Function TestsMaleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival AnalysisUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsVariceal hemorrhageSevere complicationsHepatocellular carcinomaAcute variceal hemorrhageComplications of cirrhosisPresence of ascitesChronic liver diseaseSpontaneous bacterial peritonitisTreatment of ascitesRandomized clinical trialsTreatment of patientsStratification of patientsDifferent risk groupsQuality of lifeDecompensated patientsHepatorenal syndromeHepatitis CPortal hypertensionCirrhotic patientsProspective trialBacterial peritonitisHemodynamic alterationsLiver diseaseTreatment adherenceAscites formation