Meeting
Abstract Number: 228
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Rifaximin 550 mg tablets is a nonsystemic antibiotic indicated for reducing the risk of overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) recurrence in adults and may be used alone or in combination with the cathartic lactulose. This analysis evaluated the safety profile of rifaximin alone vs rifaximin + lactulose (combination) in patients with cirrhosis. Methods: In a […]
Abstract Number: 395
Hospital Medicine 2019, March 24-27, National Harbor, Md.
Background: Rifaximin 550 mg tablets is a nonsystemic antibiotic indicated for reducing the risk of overt hepatic encephalopathy (HE) recurrence in adults and may be used in combination with lactulose. Practice guidelines state that rifaximin is effective as add-on therapy to lactulose for preventing overt HE recurrence. This pooled analysis evaluated the efficacy and safety […]