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 and ascites.Patients and methodsWe performed a retrospective analysis of follo

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Factors affecting the adoption of Big Data analytics in companies

With the total quantity of data doubling every two years, the low price of computing and data storage, make Big Data analytics moen rothbury faucet (BDA) adoption desirable for companies, as a tool to get competitive advantage.Given the availability of free software, why have some companies failed to adopt these techniques? To answer this question,

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Utility values for symptomatic non-severe hypoglycaemia elicited from persons with and without diabetes in copyright and the United Kingdom

Abstract Objective To elicit societal and patient utilities associated with diabetic symptomatic non-severe hypoglycaemia for three health states: 1) rare (quarterly), 2) intermittent (monthly), 3) and frequent (weekly) hypoglycaemia episodes.Methods Using validated health states, time trade-off utilities were elicited from 51 Canadian respondents

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