This narrative review summarises the benefits, risks and appropriate use of acid-
suppressing drugs (ASDs), proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists …

Background and Objective Inappropriate use of stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is common in
many hospitals. High-quality clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) produce better patient …

Background Proton-pump inhibitors (PPI) are extensively prescribed in older patients.
However, little information is available on factors associated to PPI prescribing patterns …

Typing studies suggest that most cases of hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
are unrelated to other cases of active disease in the hospital. New cases may instead be …

Background Studies assessing the appropriate use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for
hospitalized noncritically ill pediatric patients are lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to …

Background: The current literature discourages the use of acid suppressive therapy (AST)
for stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) in noncritically ill patients. However, several sources …

Background: The inappropriate startup of long-term acid suppressive therapy (AST) can
have clinical and pharmacoeconomic impacts on ambulatory care. Objective: To assess the …

In the first part of this review, we discussed the pathophysiology and epidemiology of gastric
acid secretion and the epidemiology of gastroduodenal ulceration in dogs and cats. In this …

Objective: To investigate the appropriateness of acid-suppressive therapy (AST) for stress
ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) in noncritically ill hospitalized patients. Materials and Methods: A …

Purpose: The dramatic increase in stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) prescribing patterns over
the past several years has raised concerns regarding to their appropriate utilization. This …