Prophylaxis against Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Hospitalized Patients

N Engl J Med. 2018 Jun 28;378(26):2506-2516. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1605507.

Authors

Deborah Cook¹, Gordon Guyatt¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

PMID: 29949497
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1605507

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Critical Illness / therapy*
Gastric Mucosa / physiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / epidemiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / prevention & control*
Gastrointestinal Tract / physiology
Histamine H2 Antagonists / adverse effects
Histamine H2 Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Hospitalization
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
Incidence
Intestinal Mucosa / physiology
Peptic Ulcer / prevention & control
Pneumonia / chemically induced
Proton Pump Inhibitors / adverse effects
Proton Pump Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
Risk Factors

Substances

Histamine H2 Antagonists
Proton Pump Inhibitors