Current practice of stress ulcer prophylaxis in a surgical patient cohort in a German university hospital.

Julia Rauch Maciej Patrzyk Claus-Dieter Heidecke Tobias Schulze

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2021)

Still today, SUP is widely overused in non-ICU surgical patients. Information campaigns on risk factors for stress ulcer development and standard operating procedures for SUP are required to limit potential side effects and increased treatment costs.

Keyphrases

healthcare
primary care
stress induced
risk assessment
quality improvement
health information
human health
combination therapy
heat stress
replacement therapy