Abstract:Background Our aim was to find possible risk associated between fluoroquinolones and aortic diseases.Methods PubMed, Embase and the Web of Science were searched from inception to July 6, 2019 to identify observational studies that evaluated the risk for aortic diseases associated with users of fluoroquinolones compared with non-users or users of other antibiotics. Primary outcome was the first occurrence of aortic diseases. We used Newcastle Ottawa Scale to assess quality among cohort and case-control studies … Show more
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