Letter: are opioid prescriptions associated with hepatic encephalopathy in patients with compensated cirrhosis?

Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Apr;51(7):742. doi: 10.1111/apt.15661.

Authors

Chao Li^{1

2}, Lei Liang^{1

2}, Hang-Dong Jia^{1

2}, Yong-Kang Diao^{1

2}, Tian Yang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
² Key Laboratory of Tumor Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.

PMID: 32162376
DOI: 10.1111/apt.15661

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid
Cohort Studies
Hepatic Encephalopathy*
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis
Prescriptions

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid