28 min

#27 When drugs damage the liver – Rita Baião Drug Safety Matters

    • Medicine

The liver is the primary site for drug metabolism in the body, but it can be severely damaged by medicines or their toxic compounds. Rita Baião from the North Lisbon University Hospital Center reviews what pharmacovigilance professionals should know about drug-induced liver injury (DILI).Tune in to find out:Who is most at risk of developing DILIHow to diagnose the condition and control the damageHow to assess case reports of DILIWant to know more?This infographic in Nature Reviews nicely summ...

The liver is the primary site for drug metabolism in the body, but it can be severely damaged by medicines or their toxic compounds. Rita Baião from the North Lisbon University Hospital Center reviews what pharmacovigilance professionals should know about drug-induced liver injury (DILI).Tune in to find out:Who is most at risk of developing DILIHow to diagnose the condition and control the damageHow to assess case reports of DILIWant to know more?This infographic in Nature Reviews nicely summ...

28 min