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INAPPROPRIATE USAGE OF INTRAVENOUS PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN A HIGH COMPLEXITY HOSPITAL IN BRAZIL [PDF]

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2021
BACKGROUND: Intravenous (IV) use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) is advised only in cases of suspected upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) or impossibility of receiving oral medication, although there has been a persistent practice of their ...
Laura M BISCHOFF, Laura S M FARACO, Lucas V MACHADO, Alex V S BIALECKI, Gabriel M de ALMEIDA, Smile C C BECKER   +5 more
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Stress ulcer prophylaxis with a proton pump inhibitor versus placebo in critically ill patients (SUP-ICU trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at risk of clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding, and acid suppressants are frequently used prophylactically.
Bendel, Stepani, Guttormsen, Anne Berit, Møller, Morten Hylander, Wetterslev, Jorn, Pelosi, Paolo, Borthwick, Mark, Wise, Matt P, Keus, Frederik, Wise, Matt P., Schefold, Joerg C., Perner, Anders, Krag, Mette, Wetterslev, Jørn, Moller, Morten Hylander   +13 more
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Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis as a Risk Factor for Tracheal Colonization and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in Intensive Care Patients: Impact on Latency Time for Pneumonia

Acta Clinica Croatica, 2019
Stress ulcer prophylaxis is associated with bacterial colonization of respiratory tract. The aims of our study were to determine risk factors for trachea colonization (TC), colonization of pharynx (CP) or stomach (CD) and hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)
Igor Muzlovič, David Štubljar
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Stress ulcer prophylaxis in trauma patients

, 1999
BACKGROUND:No surveys of stress ulcer prophylaxis prescribing in the USA havebeen conducted since 1995. Since that time, the most comprehensive meta-analysisand largest randomized study to date concerning stress ulcer prophylaxis havebeen published ...
Erstad, Brian L., Barletta, Jeffrey F., Martin, Steven J., Jacobi, Judith, Killian, Aaron D., Kramer, Katherine M.   +5 more
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Stress ulcer prophylaxis in pediatric intensive care units [PDF]

, 2010
Objetivo: Avaliar a utilização de profilaxia para úlcera de estresse (UE), em pacientes internados, de cinco unidades de terapia intensiva pediátrica (UTIP) de Porto Alegre (RS).
Vieira, Sandra Maria Gonçalves, Araújo, Taisa Elena de, Taisa E. Araujo, Sandra M. G. Vieira, Paulo R. A. Carvalho, Carvalho, Paulo Roberto Antonacci   +5 more
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Stress-Related Mucosal Disease in Critically Ill Patients [PDF]

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Journal, 2015
Mucosal damage in Gastro Intestinal (GI) system happens due to stress and is more common in upper part of GI tract in patients admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This kind of injuries occurs in critically ill patients.
Arash Peivandi Yazdi, Mohsen Imantalab
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Comparing the ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence when pantoprazole or ranitidine is used for stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill adult patients

International Archives of Health Sciences, 2019
Aim: Prophylaxis against stress ulcer in mechanically ventilated patients is one of the causes for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Our aim was evaluating the effect of intravenous pantoprazole and ranitidine in the incidence of VAP in critically ...
Reza Nikandish, Farid Zand, Golnar Sabetian, Hajar Faghihi, Mansour Masjedi, Behzad Maghsoudi, Afsaneh Vazin, Mohammad Ghorbani, Elham Asadpour   +8 more
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Drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient: a focus on medications for hemodynamic support and prophylaxis

Critical Care, 2021
Medications used for supportive care or prophylaxis constitute a significant portion of drug utilization in the intensive care unit. Evidence-based guidelines are available for many aspects of supportive care but drug doses listed are typically for ...
Brian L. Erstad, Jeffrey F. Barletta
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Pantoprazole: An Unusual Suspect in a Patient with Fever

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2021
Drugs can cause fever of unknown origin. Drug fever is a diagnosis of exclusion and can lead to unnecessary investigations and prolonged hospitalization. Any drug can be responsible.
Nuno Melo, Sílvia Policarpo, Manuela Dias, Jorge Almeida   +3 more
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Cuidados Intensivos guidelines for stress ulcer prophylaxis in the intensive care unit

, 2019
Critically ill patients are at risk of developing stress ulcers in the upper digestive tract. Agents that suppress gastric acid are commonly prescribed to reduce the incidence of clinically important stress ulcer-related gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Maria João Oliveira (6426719), Mário Jorge Silva (6426710), Maria Albertina Gonçalves (6426716), João João Mendes (6426707), Luís Silva Miguel (6426713), Catarina da Luz Oliveira (6426722), João Gouveia (6426725)   +6 more
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