Question: Should gastric protection with a histamine2-receptor blocker or a proton pump inhibitor be ordered for stress ulcer prophylaxis on virtually every adult patient admitted to the hospital for something other than elective surgery?

J Okla State Med Assoc. 2011 Mar;104(3):85-6.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Ulcer Agents / therapeutic use
  • Histamine Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Inpatients
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Peptic Ulcer / prevention & control
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Stress, Physiological / physiology

Substances

  • Anti-Ulcer Agents
  • Histamine Antagonists
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors