STRESS ULCER PROPHYLAXIS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS IN TAIWAN

• In: Poster Session
• At: Düsseldorf (Germany) (2015)
• Type: Poster
• By: CHANG, Wen-Yi (Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Department of Pharmacy, Taipei, China Taiwan)
• Co-author(s): Wen-Yi Chang
  
• Abstract:

  The American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) guideline recommends that stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) should be administered to all critically ill patients who are at high risk for gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. However, SUP may increase the risk of nosocomial pneumonia and Clostridium difficile infection.

  A retrospective cohort study

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