Stress ulcer prophylaxis in hospitalized patients not in intensive care units
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Vol. 64 (13) , 1396-1400
- https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp060393
Abstract
Purpose. A review is presented of the evidence behind the current use of therapies for the prevention of stress-related mucosal disease and bleeding in the nonintensive care unit (ICU), general medicine population.Keywords
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