Intravenous non-high-dose pantoprazole is equally effective as high-dose pantoprazole in preventing rebleeding among low risk patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after initial endoscopic hemostasis

Intravenous non-high-dose pantoprazole is equally effective as high-dose pantoprazole in preventing rebleeding among low risk patients with a bleeding peptic ulcer after initial endoscopic hemostasis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many studies have shown that high-dose proton-pumps inhibitors (PPI) do not further reduce the rate of rebleeding compared to non-high-dose PPIs but we do not know whether intravenous non-high-dose PPIs reduce rebleeding rates among...

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Main Authors: Liang Chih-Ming, Lee Jyong-Hong, Kuo Yuan-Hung, Wu Keng-Liang, Chiu Yi-Chun, Chou Yeh-Pin, Hu Ming-Luen, Tai Wei-Chen, Chiu King-Wah, Hu Tsung-Hui, Chuah Seng-Kee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Intravenous proton-pump inhibitors
Peptic ulcer bleeding
Endoscopic hemostasis
Rebleeding
Rockall scores
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/12/28

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