Should every patient with suspected upper GI bleeding receive a proton pump inhibitor while awaiting endoscopy?

Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Jun;67(7):1064-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.02.040.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / methods
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnosis
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / economics
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors / economics*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Upper Gastrointestinal Tract*

Substances

  • Proton Pump Inhibitors