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Table 5 Proportion of the patients who received SUP and incidence of HAP and CDI

From: Impact of the stress ulcer prophylactic protocol on reducing the unnecessary administration of stress ulcer medications and gastrointestinal bleeding: a single-center, retrospective pre-post study

 

Preintervention, n = 50

Postintervention, n = 50

p

SUP, n (%)

50 (100)

19 (38)

<0.001

H2B, n (%)

42* (84*)

7 (14)

 

PPI, n (%)

15* (30*)

12 (24)

 

HAP, n (%)

7 (14)

3 (6)

0.32

CDI, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1.00

  1. SUP stress ulcer prophylaxis, H2B histamine type 2 receptor blocker, PPI proton pump inhibitor, HAP hospital-acquired pneumonia, CDI Clostridioides difficile infection
  2. *Some patients in the preintervention group were administered both H2B and PPI; thus, the total was greater than 100%
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Journal of Intensive Care

ISSN: 2052-0492