Overview

Liver Enzyme Abnormalities and Risk Factors in Taking Herbal Medicine

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
Herb-induced liver injury is an important issue in musculoskeletal diseases where herbal medicine is most frequently used. The low prevalence of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) gives rise to the need for large-scale patient studies. We assessed the prevalence of liver injury of 6,894 musculoskeletal disease inpatients taking herbal medicine.
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients admitted for at least one day who took herbal medicine and at least 2 LFTs
during admittance.

Exclusion Criteria:

- None.