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Pharmacological interventions for stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a mixed treatment comparison network meta-analysis and a recursive cumulative meta-analysis.

Kannan SridharanGowri SivaramakrishnanJerome Gnanaraj
Published in: Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy (2017)
SUP in critically ill patients was not associated with any benefit with regard to clinically significant bleeding episodes. However, PPI and sucralfate significantly reduces overt UGI bleeding. On the contrary, PPI and H2RA bolus are associated with an increased risk of gastric colonization and pneumonia.
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