The use of proton pump inhibitors for stress ulcer prophylaxis.
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| Posted By: | Gordon S. Doig |
| Email: | gdoig@med.usyd.edu.au |
| URL: | Evidence-based medicine as it applies to acid suppression in the hospitalized patient.Crit Care Med 2002 Jun;30(6 Suppl):S373-8 |
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This evidence-based review concludes: In patients without a pre-existing diagnosis of GI bleeding, "Not enough data have accumulated to prove the superiority of intravenous proton pump inhibitors to intravenous histamine-2-receptor antagonists for prophylaxis of clinically important stress ulcer bleeding." |
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