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JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 775-781Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12426
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cirrhosis; histamine-2 receptor antagonists; mortality; peritonitis; proton pump inhibitors
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Background and AimThe aims of this study were to investigate whether acid suppressive therapy increases the risk of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) and to define factors associated with mortality in cirrhotic patients with SBP. MethodsCirrhotic patients who had undergone paracentesis after hospitalization were included. Those patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of SBP. Factors associated with the development of SBP were analyzed. Mortality rates during hospitalization or within 30 days after SBP and the factors associated with mortality were also analyzed. ResultsA total of 1140 patients (median age, 62; men, 75%; model for end-stage liver disease [MELD] score, 17) were included. Five hundred thirty-three patients were identified as having SBP. In the logistic regression, the use of histamine-2 receptor antagonists, the use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a high admission MELD score, and old age were associated with the development of SBP. The use of PPIs within 30 days (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.960; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.190-3.227; P=0.008), a higher admission MELD score (aOR 1.054; 95% CI 1.032-1.076; P<0.001), and hepatocellular carcinoma (aOR 1.852; 95% CI 1.256-2.730; P=0.002) were associated with mortality after SBP. ConclusionsAcid suppressive therapy is associated with the development of SBP in cirrhotic patients with ascites. The use of PPIs is associated with mortality after SBP independent of the severity of the underlying liver disease in our retrospective cohort study.
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