Impact of the stress ulcer prophylactic protocol on reducing the unnecessary administration of stress ulcer medications and gastrointestinal bleeding: a single-center, retrospective pre-post study
Abstract Background Clinically significant gastrointestinal bleeding from stress ulcers increases patient mortality in intensive care, and histamine type 2 receptor blockers and proton pump inhibitors as stress ulcer prophylaxes were reported to decrease the incidence of that. Although medical check...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Intensive Care |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-020-0427-8 |