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Effect of proton pump inhibitors on mortality of cirrhotic patients with pneumonia

OBJECTIVE: Pneumonia is life-threatening in patients with liver cirrhosis. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) may increase the risk of these patients developing pneumonia. However, whether PPIs increase mortality in patients with cirrhosis and pneumonia remain unknown. METHODS: We used the Taiwan Nationa...

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Autores principales: Hung, Tsung-Hsing, Tseng, Chih -Wei, Tsai, Chih-Chun, Lee, Hsing-Feng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6483244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31022265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216041