Stress -related upper gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis in ICU patients

Date First Published:
June 29, 2011
Last Updated:
June 29, 2011
Report by:
Ramiro Carvalho, Internal Medicine Attending Physician (Hospital Fernando Fonseca)
Three-Part Question:
[In adult patients admitted in Intensive care units], [are proton pump inhibitors better than histamine-2 receptor antagonists] at [reducing stress -related upper gastrointestinal bleeding]