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SUBMITTER: Xie Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042677 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Yan Y Bowe Benjamin B Li Tingting T Xian Hong H Balasubramanian Sumitra S Al-Aly Ziyad Z
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20160414 10
The association between proton pump inhibitors (PPI) use and risk of acute interstitial nephritis has been described. However, whether exposure to PPI associates with incident CKD, CKD progression, or ESRD is not known. We used Department of Veterans Affairs national databases to build a primary cohort of new users of PPI (n=173,321) and new users of histamine H<sub>2</sub>-receptor antagonists (H<sub>2</sub> blockers; n=20,270) and followed these patients over 5 years to ascertain renal outcome ...[more]