Letter to the Editor: Proton Pump Inhibitors Are Associated With Minimal and Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy and Increased Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis

Yu-Jen Chen¹, Chia-Fen Tsai^{2

3}, Yen-Po Wang^{1

4

5}, Ching-Liang Lu^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Endoscopy Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Yu-Jen Chen et al. Hepatology. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;70(2):760-761.

doi: 10.1002/hep.30641.

Yu-Jen Chen¹, Chia-Fen Tsai^{2

3}, Yen-Po Wang^{1

4

5}, Ching-Liang Lu^{1

4

5}

¹ Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Endoscopy Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Nardelli S, Gioia S, Ridola L, Farcomeni A, Merli M, Riggio O. Nardelli S, et al. Hepatology. 2019 Aug;70(2):762-763. doi: 10.1002/hep.30639. Hepatology. 2019. PMID: 30945757 No abstract available.

Proton Pump Inhibitors Are Associated With Minimal and Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy and Increased Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis.
Nardelli S, Gioia S, Ridola L, Farcomeni A, Merli M, Riggio O. Nardelli S, et al. Hepatology. 2019 Aug;70(2):640-649. doi: 10.1002/hep.30304. Epub 2019 Mar 4. Hepatology. 2019. PMID: 30289992