Incidence, timing, and risk factors for development of gastrointestinal bleeding in acute traumatic spinal cord injury: A systematic review.

The overall incidence of clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding among studies was found to be low. Individuals with non-cervical injury were not found to be at high risk of clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding. There was also insufficient evidence to indicate that use of stress ulcer prophylaxis reduces the rate of gastrointestinal bleeding in those with traumatic spinal cord injury.