Gastrointestinal Disorders
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, on How Long-Term Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Affects the Kidneys
03/02/2017
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, discusses his recent study and how kidney disease can be prevented in this population.
Additional Resource:
Xie Y, Bowe B, Li T, et al. Long-term kidney outcomes among users of proton pump inhibitors without intervening acute kidney injury [published online February 22, 2017]. Kidney Int. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2016.12.021
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, is an internal medicine physician and nephrologist at the Institute of Public Health at The Washington University in St. Louis.
