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Survey of stress ulcer prophylaxis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: No surveys of stress ulcer prophylaxis prescribing in the USA have been conducted since 1995. Since that time, the most comprehensive meta-analysis and largest randomized study to date concerning stress ulcer prophylaxis have been published.
, Erstad +5 more
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Current practice of stress ulcer prophylaxis in a surgical patient cohort in a German university hospital. [PDF]
Introduction!#!Stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) has been a widespread practice both in intensive care units (ICU) and internal wards at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Clinical data suggests an important overuse of acid suppressive therapy (AST)
Rauch J +3 more
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Impact of a multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative to reduce inappropriate usage of stress ulcer prophylaxis in hospitalized patients. [PDF]
Aims To promote effective methods to improve overutilization patterns of acid-suppressive therapy in hospitalized patients and to evaluate the impact of multidisciplinary team efforts to reduce inappropriate use of stress ulcer prophylaxis in low-risk ...
Choi YJ, Sim J, Jung YT, Shin S.
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Intensive care unit stress ulcer prophylaxis: is it still needed? [PDF]
Majid A. Almadi, Alan N. Barkun
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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Critically Ill Patient: Literature Review
Critically ill patients are at risk for stress ulcers in the upper digestive tract. Various risk factors have been associated with this condition. Patients who are critically ill are at risk of bleeding due to stress related mucosal disease (SRMD). Upper
William Faisal, Luciana Rotty
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Prediction of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients Undergoing Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis: A Longitudinal Descriptive Study in Iran [PDF]
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate and predict ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the two groups of patients who received either proton pump inhibitors (Pantoprazole) or histamine H2 antagonist (Ranitidine).
Shahriar Nikpour +7 more
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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 ...
Osamu Ogasawara +3 more
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Perforated gastric ulcer following perforated appendicitis
Stress ulcers and gastric ulcer perforations are rare in the pediatric population, and there is insufficient evidence to support routine stress ulcer prophylaxis in children. Our case is of a 13-year-old male who presented with appendicitis. He underwent
Kelly Zachariasen, Kimberly Molik
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Recommendations for clinical and molecular identification of LS, surgical and endoscopic management of LS‐associated colorectal cancer and preventive measures for cancer were produced. The emphasis was on surgical and gastroenterological aspects of the cancer spectrum.
T. T. Seppälä +18 more
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Stress ulcer prophylaxis in trauma patients [PDF]
Abstract Introduction A number of issues concerning stress ulcer prophylaxis remain unresolved despite numerous randomized, controlled trials and several meta-analyses. The role of stress ulcer prophylaxis, particularly in trauma patients, is further complicated by the lack of trials utilizing clinically ...
Barletta, Jeffrey F +2 more
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