Daily Usage of Proton Pump Inhibitors May Reduce the Severity of Critical Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Elderly Patients.
Hidetaka MatsudaTakuto NosakaYu AkazawaYasushi SaitoYoshihiko OzakiKazuto TakahashiTatsushi NaitoKazuya OfujiMasahiro OhtaniKatsushi HiramatsuYasunari NakamotoPublished in: Gastroenterology research and practice (2020)
Particularly in elderly patients with nonvariceal UGIB, habitual PPI use can alleviate the clinical symptoms of UGIB by suppressing the volume of bleeding, regardless of the adapted dose of PPIs.