Sa1169 Inappropriate use of Acid Suppressive Therapy in Hospitalized Patients is Related to Inadequate Physician Knowledge

Patient and physician predictors of inap

Patient and physician predictors of inappropriate acid-suppressive therapy (AST) use in hospitalized patients

✍ Jagdish S. Nachnani; Deepti Bulchandani; Jill Moormeier; John Foxworth 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 119 KB

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: The use of acid suppressive therapy (AST) in prevention of stress ulcers has been well defined in critical care patients, though its use has become increasingly common in general medicine patients, with little to no supportive evidence. None of the previous studies has e