20 After a first episode of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, patients should receive secondary prophylaxis with suppressive oral antibiotics (eg, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or ciprofloxacin).53 Primary prophylaxis may not be effective given the prevalence of resistant organisms in the community. ...
Of the patients with hepatitis C, 40.3% had a secondary diagnosis, which was evenly split between NASH and ALD. Secondary diagnoses were less common in patients with other etiologies of liver disease. Patients with cirrhosis had a lower prevalence of several comorbid conditions including coding for...
selective β-blockers, was employed to ensure balanced groups, resulting in 319 patients in each cohort for subsequent analyses. Overall mortality was the primary outcome, with HCC occurrence as a secondary outcome. Among 319 patients in both cohorts, the case cohort exhibited significant ...