PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR INTAKE NEITHER PREDISPOSES TO SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS OR OTHER INFECTIONS NOR INCREASES MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS AND ASCITES.

Proton pump inhibitor intake neither predisposes to spontaneous bacterial peritonitis or other infections nor increases mortality in patients with cirrhosis and ascites.

Background and aimThe aim of this study was to assess the impact of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) intake on the development of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) or other infections, as well as on mortality, in a thoroughly documented cohort of patients with cirrhosis Ceiling Fans and ascites.Patients and methodsWe performed a retrospective anal

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Is Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Relevant for Antidepressant Drug Therapy? Implications From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis With Focus on Moderating Factors

Inter-individual differences in antidepressant drug concentrations attained in blood may limit the efficacy of pharmacological treatment of depressive disorders.Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) enables to determine drug concentrations in blood and adjust antidepressant dosage accordingly.However, research on the underlying assumption of TDM, assoc

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The spring has arrived: traditional wild vegetables gathered by Yarsanis (Ahl-e Haqq) and Sunni Muslims in Western Hawraman, SE Kurdistan (Iraq)

Kurdistan represents a crucial region in the Middle East for understanding patterns of human evolution in the use of food plants and especially wild vegetables as well as for assessing the influences of the major, surrounding bio-cultural macro-area.In this research, an ethnobotanical filed study focusing on wild vegetables traditionally gathered a

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